Use the diagram to help answer the following questions.
23. If the bottom of this food chain contains 10,000 calories
of energy, the amount of energy available to the organisms of the upper most
trophic level would be 10 calories.
Hint: According to the 10% law, only 10% of the energy level
flows from a lower energy level to the next higher. Since there are 3 trophic
levels above the first one, we calculate the following:
10,000----> 1000----> 100----> 10
calories
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