Consider the Food Chain of Grass → Grasshopper → Mouse

question 9

Multiple Choice

Consider the food chain of grass → grasshopper → mouse → snake → hawk. About how much of the chemical energy fixed by photosynthesis of the grass (100 percent) is available to the hawk, assuming a 10% trophic efficiency?

• A) 0.01%
• B) 0.1%
• C) 1%
• D) 10%

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