Question

Baus
How much energy will be available to hawks in the food chain comprising hawk, snake, paddy and
mice, if 10,000 J of energy is available to paddy from the sun ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

Out of the 1000J of energy from the sun, paddy plant will synthesise only 1%.

So, 1% of 1000 J will be 10J (amount of energy available to paddy plant). From plants, the amount of energy passed to the next tropic level is 10%. So, a mice would get 10% of 10J i.e.1J.

Energy transferred to next tropic level will be 10% of 1J i.e. 0.1J.

Hence, energy available to hawks in this food chain will be 0.01J (10% of 0.1J)