In the following food chain, grass provides 4000 j of energy to the grasshopper. How much energy will be available to snakes and frogs?

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In the following food chain, grass provides 4000 j of energy to the grasshopper. How much energy will be available to snakes and frogs? Grass, Grasshopper, Frogs, Snakes

Philoid · Accepted Answer

i. Only 10 % of the available energy gets transferred to the next trophic level.

ii. In a given example if grasshopper has 4000 j energy then, only 10% of total energy from grasshopper will be is transferred to frog that is 400 j and snake will receive 40 J of energy.

In the following food chain, grass provides 4000 j of energy to the grasshopper. How much energy will be available to snakes and frogs?Grass, Grasshopper, Frogs, Snakes

In the following food chain, grass provides 4000 j of energy to the grasshopper. How much energy will be available to snakes and frogs?
Grass, Grasshopper, Frogs, Snakes