Consider the Components of a Four-Step Food Chain: Producers, Herbivores

question 28

Multiple Choice

Consider the components of a four-step food chain: producers, herbivores, carnivores, top predators. If everything is eaten at each level, how much of the energy stored by a producer is passed to the top predator?

• A) 100%
• B) 10%
• C) 1%
• D) 0.1%
• E) 0.01%

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