In the following food chain, only 2J of energy was available to the peacocks. How much energy would have…
In the following food chain, only 2J of energy was available to the peacocks. How much energy would have been present in Grass ? Justify your answer.
GRASS → GRASS HOPPER → FROG → SNAKE → PEACOCK
Solution
20,000 J
Only 10% usable energy / amount of organic matter is transferred from one trophic level to the next higher trophic level in a food chain and rest 90% is lost to the environment as heat.