The number of trophic levels in a food chain is limited to $4$ or $ 5$  because

  • A

    The amount of food produced by producer is limited

  • B

    Consumer’s demand is high

  • C

    $90\%$ of the food is lost as heat at each transfer between trophic levels

  • D

    Activity of decomposer is poor

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