Question

In the following food chain, 100 J of energy is available to the lion. How

much energy was available to the producer ?

Plants ->
Deer ->
Lion

Answer 1

deer - 1000J ,plants -10000J

Answer 2

As the food chain continue 10% of energy is lost. So the lion gets 10percent energy of the deer. Hence the deer' s energy is 10000joules This energy is obtained from the producer leaf.so the deer's energy is again 10%of the producer's energy Thus the producer has an energy of 100000 joule I hope this helped you