In an ecosystem, energy is captured from the sun or in some rare cases, heat from the interior of Earth by producers. Energy is transferred to higher levels of
the ecosystem as food. At each level, much of the energy is lost as heat to the
environment so it is not available to the next trophic level. The amount of food
energy available to the top consumers is much less than the amount produced in
the ecosystem. According to this passage the energy lost between trophic levels
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O can be captured only by the parasitic organisms
O cools the surrounding area
is used in the course of normal living
evaporates in the atmosphere