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Explain energy pyramid.

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1. Pyramid of energy is always upright.
2. Pyramid of energy cannot be inverted.
3. When energy flows from one trophic level to the other trophic level some amount of energy is lost at every step.
4. Only one tenth of total energy is transferred to the next trophic level.
Pyramid of energy:
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