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प्रश्न
The ten per cent law is associated with
(a) transfer of energy from various trophic levels to decomposers in a food chain
(b) transfer of ATP energy into muscular energy
(c) transfer of chemical energy from one organism to another
(d) transfer of sun's energy to the organisms called producers.
उत्तर
transfer of chemical energy from one organism to another
The 10 per cent law is associated with the transfer of chemical energy from one organism to another.
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