Consider the Following Food Chain: Hawk - Rabbit - Clover

question 48

Multiple Choice

Consider the following food chain: hawk - rabbit - clover.Each species will contain a different amount of calories in its body (clover: 10 calories,rabbit: 500,and hawk: 1200) .Each species has a different daily caloric requirement (clover: sunlight,rabbit: 100 calories,hawk: 300) .How many clover plants,per day,does it take to support one rabbit?

• A)approximately 100 plants
• B)approximately 10 plants
• C)approximately 50 plants
• D)approximately 3 plants
• E)approximately 1000 plants

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