Respuesta :
The answer is 1000 kilocarolies. It is important to keep in mind that Energy is passed up the food chain from one trophic level to the next but a lot of it is lost along the way. Energy is passed up the food chain from one trophic level to the next. However, only about 10% of the total energy stored in organisms at one trophic level is actually transferred to organisms at the next trophic level. Therefore; if the producers have 1 million kilocarolies, then the energy transferred to the primary consumer will be 100,000 kilocalories (10% of a million), and the energy transferred to the secondary consumer will be 10,000 kilocalories (10% of 100,000) and the energy to the tertiary consumer will be 1000 kilocarolies (10% of 10,000).
Answer:
10000 kilocalories is transferred to tertiary consumers in the ecosystem
Explanation:
A normal ecosystem has following stages -
a) Trophic level I - Producer provides energy to primary consumer
b) Trophic level II - Primary consumer provides energy to secondary consumer
c) Trophic level III - Secondary consumer provides energy to tertiary consumer
As per the energy rule of food chain, at each trophic level 90% of the energy is retained and only 10% of energy is passes on to neenst trophic level.
Thus, if the energy at trophic level I is one million kilocalories
Energy at trophic level II will be [tex]10[/tex]% of [tex]1000000[/tex]kilocalories
[tex]= \frac{10}{100} * 1000000\\= 100000[/tex] kilocalories
Energy at trophic level III will be [tex]10[/tex]% of [tex]100000[/tex]kilocalories
[tex]= \frac{10}{100} * 100000\\= 10000[/tex] kilocalories
Thus, 10000 kilocalories is transferred to tertiary consumers in the ecosystem
