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Question
Study the food chain given below and answer the question that follows:
Is it possible to have 2 more trophic levels in this food chain just before the fourth trophic level? Justify your answer.
Solution
No, since the loss of energy at each step is so great that very little usable energy will remain after 4 trophic levels.
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