Five Hundred Minnows Consume 1000 Kilograms of Algae Over a Four-Month

question 52

Multiple Choice

Five hundred minnows consume 1000 kilograms of algae over a four-month period. Five bass consume these 500 minnows over a period of two weeks. Louisa catches and eats the bass. How much of the original 1000 kilograms of algae would you expect to become the biomass of Louisa?

• A)1
• B)10
• C)100
• D)1000
• E)10,000

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