The pyramid of energy is
A) a demonstration of the first law of thermodynamics.
B) a result of the decline in the energy available as energy travels through the trophic levels.
C) fundamentally different from the pyramid of biomass and the pyramid of numbers.
D) just one of the manifestations of competition.
E) is a calculation of the energy gained at each level.

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The pyramid of energy illustrates the decrease in energy available at each successive trophic level due to energy loss primarily as heat, following the second law of thermodynamics.

The Pyramid of Energy Is