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According to the 10% law of energy transfer in a food chain, if producers have 1000 units of energy, how much energy is available to the primary consumers?
Explanation
Explanation
The 10% law states that only about 10% of the energy at one trophic level is transferred to the next level (the rest is lost as heat/used in life processes). So 10% of 1000 units = 100 units is available to primary consumers.
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