In a simple food chain: Grass $ ightarrow$ Grasshopper $ ightarrow$ Frog $ ightarrow$ Snake. If the green grass traps $1000 ext{ units}$ of solar energy, and only $10\%$ of energy passes to each next level, how much energy reaches the frog?

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In a simple food chain: Grass $ightarrow$ Grasshopper $ightarrow$ Frog $ightarrow$ Snake. If the green grass traps $1000	ext{ units}$ of solar energy, and only $10\%$ of energy passes to each next level, how much energy reaches the frog?

Aicharya · Accepted Answer

Grass has $1000	ext{ units}$. Grasshopper receives $10\%$ of $1000 = 100	ext{ units}$. Frog receives $10\%$ of $100 = 10	ext{ units}$.

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