Question

If the manta ray gets 50 kcal of energy by eating the starfish, how much energy does the clam get from eating the plankton?

kcal

Answer 1

Answer:

Clam get 5000 Kcal by eating the plankton

Explanation:

In any food chain the amount of energy transferred to the successive trophic level is ten percent of the energy available at the previous trophic level.

Here, manta ray gets 50 kcal of energy by eating the starfish

The amount of energy contained in star fish is equal to

\begin{gathered}0.1 * X = 50 \\X = 500\end{gathered}

0.1∗X=50

X=500

Kcal

Now Starfish gets its energy from clam.

Therefore total energy in clam is equal to

\begin{gathered}0.1 * X = 500\\X = 5000\end{gathered}

0.1∗X=500

X=5000

Therefore, clam get 5000 Kcal by eating the plankton