Question

A food chain consists of the following members. If the last member receives 30 J of energy, make a diagrammatic representation to show the flow of energy.
Snake, Vulture, Plants and Rat.

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Food Chain

Explanation:

A food chain is the path of transfer of food from the producers to the consumers. Plants are producers and animals are consumers. According to the 10% Rule on the flow of energy through a food chain, only 10% of the energy is transferred when food passes from one trophic level to the next. The remaining 90% of the energy is lost to the surroundings in the form of heat and some is used by the organism itself for its life process.

The food chain for the given animals would be:

Plants → Rat → Snake → Vulture

Given Vulture has received 30J of energy. So applying the 10% rule, the flow of energy will be as follows:

Plants (30000 J) → Rat(3000 J) → Snake (300 J) → Vulture (30 J).