OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?
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10%
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50%
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90%
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100%
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Only about 10% of the energy is transferred from one trophic level to another. The rest is used for life processes of the organism and some is lost as heat. Q. According to Lindeman’s 10% law, only 10% of energy is transferred to next trophic level.
Detailed explanation-2: -The amount of energy at each trophic level decreases as it moves through an ecosystem. As little as 10 percent of the energy at any trophic level is transferred to the next level; the rest is lost largely through metabolic processes as heat.
Detailed explanation-3: -The second level, primary consumers, has about 10% of the energy available at the producer level.
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