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In the following food chain, s0,000] of energy was available to the Sheep. How much energywould be available to man in this chain?PLANT-SHEEP MAN1BWeito thuwo important functions of ovary.1B |
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Answer» Going by the hierarchy of the Trophic levels, the plants are primary producers, the herbivores are the primary consumers, and the carnivores are the secondary consumers. So, according to the 10% law, at every trophic level, the energy is lost in the food due to biological processes like digestion, or energy lost during transfer or during the breakdown of respiration and other functions. Only 10% of the energy is stored in the flesh or in the body parts. Therefore according to the 10% rule, if the sheep have 50000 J of energy, then when it comes down to next trophic level of the carnivores that includes Man, the energy available will be only 5000 J. |
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