How much energy is passed from one trophic level to the next trophic level in an ecosystem?
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Answer:
the energy is.... 1023 kcl is passed from
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10% Rule on the flow of energy
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.
So, example Food chain is
Plants --> Sheep --> Man
Actual energy that gets transferred to plants from the ecosystem will be 10% of what is available to the plants. Sheeps will get 10% of the energy available in plants. Now passing to the next trophic will be 10% of what was available in sheep. Man gets 10% of what was available with sheep.