Question

In a food chain 10000 j of energy is available to the producer, how much energy will be available to the secondary consumer to transfer it to the teritiary consumer

Answer 1

Given - 10000 J of energy is available to producers (plants)
We know that the plants are able to synthesize only 1% of total energy available to them. So, energy produced by producers = 1/100 * 10000 =100 J

According to 10 % law, only 10% of total energy entering a trophic level is available to next, higher trophic level. So, energy transferred to secondary consumer = 10/100 * 100 = 10 J

Similarly, only 10% of energy entering the secondary consumers is available to tertiary consumer. So, energy transferred to tertiary consumer = 10/100 * 10 =1 J

Answer 2

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--According to the 10 percent law, only 10% of the energy is transferred to each trophic level from its lower trophic level.

If 10,000 joules of energy is available to the producer, then only 1000 joules ( 10000 ×10/100 = 1000) of energy will be available to the primary consumer and only 100 joules (1000×10/100= 100) of energy will be available to the secondary consumer. The energy available with the tertiary consumer will be 10 joules(100×10/100= 10) of energy.

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