IB Biology SL 4.2.14 Restrictions on trophic levels Question Bank
Practise IB Biology SL 4.2.14 by explaining how energy loss limits the number of trophic levels.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2025
- Course
- Biology SL
- Level
- SL
Practise IB Biology SL 4.2.14 by explaining how energy loss limits the number of trophic levels.
The diagram shows a leaf from Dryopteris arguta.

Outline why the number of trophic levels is limited in a food chain.
energy losses between trophic levels
OR
only part of the energy in one trophic level will become part of the next trophic level