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Q2. (a) In the following food chain, 100J is available to the lion. How much energy available to the producer?
Plant-> Deer -> Lion
(b) The number of trophic levels in a chain is limited". Give reasons to justify this statement.
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Please find below the solution to the asked query
a. The producer in this food chain had 10,000 J of energy (according to 10% law of energy transfer).
b. According to 10% law of energy transfer, only 10% of the energy from one level goes to the next level, that is, in case of plants, only 10% of their energy is transferred to the primary consumers or herbivores. This process continues. Since so little energy is transferred from one level to another, the big carnivores get only a very little energy and here the trophic level stops as 10% of such a small amount of energy cannot sustain another life.
Please find below the solution to the asked query
a. The producer in this food chain had 10,000 J of energy (according to 10% law of energy transfer).
b. According to 10% law of energy transfer, only 10% of the energy from one level goes to the next level, that is, in case of plants, only 10% of their energy is transferred to the primary consumers or herbivores. This process continues. Since so little energy is transferred from one level to another, the big carnivores get only a very little energy and here the trophic level stops as 10% of such a small amount of energy cannot sustain another life.
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