Energy budget — Science definition
A full account of where energy goes, including respiration as heat, uneaten parts, waste and decomposers — the routes a pyramid leaves out.
Where it is taught
- Energy Pyramids & Transfer Efficiency — Ecosystems, Matter & Energy, Life Science & Scientific Inquiry, Grade 7
In use
The underlying quantity in an energy budget is energy, and that is the one that never inverts.
Energy Pyramids & Transfer Efficiency