Food Web & Energy Pyramid

FOOD WEB SIMULATION

▸ Building the 4 trophic-level pyramid…

▸ Linking the solar energy flow → plants

▸ Calibrating the 10% rule

▸ Loading the food web & decomposers

▸ Starting biomagnification…

▸ Ready — Online. ✅

Energy pyramid

🔺 The 10% rule

Levels—

Producer energy—

Apex energy—

Efficiency/level—

Toxin buildup—

Viewing level—

Note

Energy flows one way from the Sun upward: each level keeps only ~10%, most is lost as heat — so chains rarely exceed 4–5 levels.

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Pick a "Scenario" (lose the apex / overhunting / toxin buildup…) · click a trophic level or concept for details

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Energy of 4 levels over time (log scale) plantsherbivorescarnivoresapex