Summarize why the pyramid of energy can never be inverted like the pyramids of numbers and biomass can.

Answer:

Energy is lost at every trophic level, mainly as heat during organisms’ metabolism and through life processes. Only a small fraction is passed to the next level, and energy is not recycled back into the food chain. As a result, each higher level has less energy than the one below it, so the energy pyramid can never be inverted.