Question

In a food chain 10,000 joules of light energy is available from the sun to the producer. How much energy will be available to the secondary consumer? a.100J b.10J c.1J d.0.1 J

Answer 1

Answer:

According to conditions, we can see that only 10% energy is transferred to the next or successive trophic level and 90% of energy is being used, if we apply 10% law to the producer, we will get the energy that is available to the secondary consumer. Therefore when we apply 10% law to producer, we get:-

10% of 10,000 joules is 1000 Joules of energy will be available to the secondary consumer to transfer it to tertiary consumer.

Answer 2

Answer:

100J will be available for the Secondary Consumer.

Explanation:

Going from Producers to Decomposers their is 10% decrease in energy at every level.