Biology Flashcards: Explain Energy Transfer Between Levels

Study Explain Energy Transfer Between Levels in Biology with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

Calculate energy at the next level: primary consumers have $500$ kJ; use the $10\%$ rule.

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ANSWER

$50$ kJ. Apply the $10\%$ transfer rule: $500 \times 0.1 = 50$ .

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In a grassland food chain, producers (grass) store about 20,000 energy units per year. Using the 10% rule, about how much energy is available to the secondary consumers (snakes) in the chain grass (producer) → rabbit (primary consumer) → snake (secondary consumer)?

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