Question

How much energy is transferred from primary consumer to secondary consumer?

Answer 1

`10%` is transferred by primary consumer but after heat loss net amount of energy received by secondary consumer is `1%`.

Explanation:

The organisms in each trophic level transfer `10%` of the recieved total energy to the organisms of the next trophic level. The remaining energy is mostly lost in the form of heat.

• Producers recieve `100%` energy and give `10%` of it to primary consumer.
  Thus, energy recieved by primary consumers = `10 xx 1/100`
  = `10%`.
• Now primary consumers have to give `10%` of the received energy to secondary consumer which would be = `10 xx 10/100`
  = `1%`

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