Which of the following statements about energy flows through natural ecosystems is FALSE? Some food sources are inedible and not consumed, only about 10% of energy from a trophic level is transferred to the next O Much of the energy in an ecosystem is ultimately lost as heat The energy in an ecosystem derives from the sun-the solar energy is fixed by autotrophs into carbon-carbon bonds Eltonian energy pyramids for natural systems are sometimes inverted

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