Question

What percentage of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?

Answer 1

Acc. to 10% law
10% of the total energy is tranferrred to the next trophic level

Answer 2

A pyramid of energy represents how much energy, initially from the sun, is retained or stored in the form of new biomass at each trophic level in an ecosystem. Typically, about 10% of the energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next, thus preventing a large number of trophic levels.