English

Write the percentage of energy transferred from autotrophs to the next level in a food chain.

Advertisements
Advertisements

Questions

Write the percentage of energy transferred from autotrophs to the next level in a food chain.

What percentage of energy available at the producer level is transferred at successive trophic levels in a food chain?

Answer in Brief
Advertisements

Solution

On average, only about 10 percent of energy stored as biomass in a trophic level is passed from one level to the next. This is known as "10 percent rule" and it limits the number of trophic levels an ecosystem can support.

shaalaa.com
  Is there an error in this question or solution?
Chapter 5: Our Environment - Exercise 2 [Page 283]

APPEARS IN

Lakhmir Singh Biology Part 3 [English] Class 10
Chapter 5 Our Environment
Exercise 2 | Q 2. | Page 283
Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×