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Question
The following statement is true or false:
Only 10 per cent of the light energy given by the sun is available for transfer at each higher trophic level in a food chain.
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Solution
False.
Explanation:
Only about 1% of the solar energy falling on plants is captured by autotrophs (green plants) through photosynthesis. Of the energy stored at one trophic level, only about 10% is transferred to the next trophic level.
Therefore, 10% refers to the transfer of energy from one trophic level to the next, not to the solar energy received from the Sun.
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