Consider the Following Food Chain: Hawk - Rabbit - Clover

question 14

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 a family of hawks (Mom,dad,and juvenile.Assume each hawk needs the same number of calories per day.) ?

• A)approximately 1800 clover plants
• B)approximately 600 clover plants
• C)approximately 100 clover plants
• D)approximately 18,000 clover plants
• E)None,hawks do not eat clover plants.

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