Question

In a rainforest food chain, caterpillars and butterflies eat orchid plants. Toucans eat the caterpillars and butterflies. Leopards eat the toucans.

Which statement describes the energy in this food chain?

Answer 1

Answer:

In a food chain only around 10 per cent of the energy is passed on to the next trophic level. The rest of the energy passes out of the food chain in a number of ways: it is used as heat energy. it is used for life processes (eg movement)