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Pyramids of energy, biomass, and numbers

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Most energy organisms use is lost as waste heat through respiration

Less and less energy is available in each successive trophic level

Each level contains only 10% of the energy of the trophic level below it
Trophic pyramid

A human vegetarian’s ecological footprint is smaller than a meat-eater’s footprint
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