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The amount of biomass (weight) of organisms decreases as you "go up" trophic levels fromproducers to primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers. Which of thefollowing explains this?O Most of the nutrients in the ecosystem are lost into the soil.O There aren't enough decomposers in the ecosystem to recycle all the energy.O Energy is lost as heat at each step in the food chain.O Primary consumers can't eat enough to capture all the energy from producers.

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The amount of biomass (weight) of organisms decreases as you "go up" trophic levels fromproducers to primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers. Which of thefollowing explains this?O Most of the nutrients in the ecosystem are lost into the soil.O There aren't enough decomposers in the ecosystem to recycle all the energy.O Energy is lost as heat at each step in the food chain.O Primary consumers can't eat enough to capture all the energy from producers.

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