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Question 31
Indicate the flow of energy in an ecosystem. Why is it unidirectional? Justify.

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The flow of energy in an ecosystem happens in the following sequence:

Producer Primary Consumer Secondary Consumer Tertiary Consumer

The flow of energy is unidirectional in the food chain due to two reasons. A predator always eats its prey but the other way round is not possible. Moreover, out of the total energy consumed by an organism at a particular trophic level, 90% is utilised for its own need and just 10% is left for the organism of next trophic level. Thus, the availability of energy gets reduced at each subsequent trophic level. Due to this, the flow of energy is unidirectional in a food chain.


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