Question

If 100 J energy is available at the producer level in a food chain then the energy available to the secondary consumer will be ______.

Options

• 10 J

• 0.1 J

• 1 J

• 0.01 J

Answer 1

If 100 J energy is available at the producer level in a food chain then the energy available to the secondary consumer will be 1 J.

Explanation:

When producers transform sunlight into chemical energy, some energy is lost to the environment in forms that cannot be used again.