When a rabbit eats a plant, nutrients from the plant become available to the tissues of the
rabbit. During this process, some of the energy
from these nutrients is lost and the energy
becomes heat and unavailable chemical energy.
This energy loss partly explains why the total
energy is greater in
A. predator populations than in scavenger
populations.
B. consumer populations than in producer
populations.
C. producer populations than in consumer
populations.
D. predator populations than in prey populations.