Only a small amount of the energy stored in food is available to the next organism in a food chain because
- AThere are more producers than consumers in a food chain
- BThere are fewer top consumers than producers in a food chain
- CPrimary and secondary consumers compete for food
- DMost of the energy is used for life processes
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