Which one of the following does not explain why there is a decrease in energy through the trophic levels in an ecosystem?

there is an increase in biomass as trophic levels decrease.

energy is lost as organisms grow older over time.

there is an increase in the number of individuals as trophic levels decrease.

energy is lost from the processes of respiration and metabolism.

This is a typical grassland food web. it is also a small picture of an important cycle on earth: the carbon cycle. describe how the carbon gets into this food web. a) bacteria and fungi, the decomposers, recycle carbon from dead organisms. b) carbon is found in the grass and is passed from one level to the next in this food web. eliminate c) all living things give off carbon dioxide as a by-product of respiration and it is released into the atmosphere. d) plants use carbon dioxide as a reactant in photosynthesis, to make usable chemical energy in the form of a sugar.