Question

If there are 10,000 kCal of energy available in the producers, how much energy would be available to each of following levels of consumers?
Explain what happens to the energy as it moves from producer to the tertiary consumer.

Answer 1

Answer:

Primary Consumer - 1000 kCal

Secondary Consumer - 100 kCal

Tertiary Consumer - 10kCal

Explanation:

Each time a consumer consumes the previous organism, the energy that is consumed is ten percent of the last one. This is called the ten percent rule.