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In the following food chain, 100 J of energy is available to the lion. Howmuch energy was available to the producer?PlantsDeerLion |
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Answer» the energy available to the producer was 10percent Food chain given : Grass -- Deer---Lion.Grass represent Producers. According to the 10%law, at each trophic level about 10% energy of the previous trophic level is passed to next level. Energy available to Lion ---100JLet x be the energy available to Deer.10% of x =100Jso x =1000JSo deer has received 1000J of energy.Let Y be the energy available to GrassThen grass will receive 10%of Y=1000JY=10000JHence 10,000 joules of energy is available to producers |
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