If 5 joules of energy is available at producer level (plants), then how much energy will be transferred to the lion in the following food chain?

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If 5 joules of energy is available at producer level (plants), then how much energy will be transferred to the lion in the following food chain? Plants Goat Lion

Philoid · Accepted Answer

0.05joule of energy will be passed from plant to lion because only 10% of energy is transferred at each trophic level. So Goat will get 0.5joule of energy from plants and lion will get 0.05joule of energy from goat.

If 5 joules of energy is available at producer level (plants), then how much energy will be transferred to the lion in the following food chain?Plants Goat Lion

If 5 joules of energy is available at producer level (plants), then how much energy will be transferred to the lion in the following food chain?
Plants Goat Lion