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In an ecosystem, the 10% of energy available for transfer from one trophic level to the next is in the form of

Since in a food chain, only 10% of energy is transferred to another trophic level. This energy is chemical energy because autotrophs captures the energy present in sunlight and then converts it into chemical energy. This chemical energy is then transferred to various levels to consumers, decomposers etc.

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