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प्रश्न
An aquatic food chain comprises of the organisms like tadpoles, weeds, fish and water beetles. The organism which gets the minimum energy through this food chain is :
(a) water beetles
(b) tadpoles
(c) weeds
(d) fish
उत्तर
fish
As fish are in the top trophic level in an aquatic food chain, they get the minimum energy, according to the 10 per cent law.
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