Answer ASAP PLZ The food chain diagrams you created show the flow of energy in ecosystems, but it’s important to know that organisms don’t pass along all of their energy. They use some of the energy to grow, move and live. Some energy also flows into the environment through waste and heat loss.

seeds → mouse → snake → hawk

10% of the seeds’ energy flows to the mouse
10% of the mouse’s energy flows to the snake
10% of the snake’s energy flows to the hawk

Based on the food chain diagram above, what percentage of the energy an organism takes in is used by that organism or released as heat or waste?

1) How might the size of the organism change along a food chain?

2) How might the size of an organism determine how much it eats?