Energy Pyramid

Real World Example

Imagine trying to save money throughout the month but noticing that each time you buy something, a little more of your savings disappears. This situation is similar to how energy is transferred and lost at each level of a food chain. Just like how each purchase reduces your savings, at each step in the food chain, energy is lost as it moves from one level to the next, with only a fraction of the original energy making it to the top. In both cases, whether it's money or energy, not all of it makes it to the end because some is "spent" or lost along the way.