Consider the Following Food Chain: Hawk - Rabbit - Clover

question 38

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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