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Why most of the food chains consist of four steps?

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(1) Most of the food chains are quite short and mostly consists of four steps.
(2) This is because only 10% of the energy present in a level transfers to the other level.
(3) Remaining energy is dissipated as heat produces during the process of respiration and other ways.
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