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NEET 2026
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Study the given food chain represented by a flowchart: According to...

Study the given food chain represented by a flowchart: According to the 10\% law of energy transfer, if the amount of
Study the given food chain represented by a flowchart:

According to the 10%10\% law of energy transfer, if the amount of energy available at the top carnivore level (Hawk) is 5 J5 \text{ J}, what is the amount of energy available at the primary consumer level in this food chain?

Options

  1. A500 J500 \text{ J}
  2. B5,000 J5,000 \text{ J}
  3. C50,000 J50,000 \text{ J}
  4. D50 J50 \text{ J}

Correct answer

B. 5,000 J5,000 \text{ J}

Step-by-step solution

According to the 10%10\% law of energy transfer, only 10%10\% of the energy available at one trophic level is passed on to the next.

The given food chain can be categorized into the following trophic levels:
Grass (Producer) →\rightarrow Grasshopper (Primary Consumer) →\rightarrow Frog (Secondary Consumer) →\rightarrow Snake (Tertiary Consumer) →\rightarrow Hawk (Top Carnivore)

Given that the energy at the top carnivore level (Hawk) is 5 J5 \text{ J}.

Working backwards to find the energy at previous levels:
Energy at the Snake level =5 J×10=50 J= 5 \text{ J} \times 10 = 50 \text{ J}

Energy at the Frog level =50 J×10=500 J= 50 \text{ J} \times 10 = 500 \text{ J}

Energy at the Grasshopper (Primary Consumer) level =500 J×10=5000 J= 500 \text{ J} \times 10 = 5000 \text{ J}

Thus, the amount of energy available at the primary consumer level is 5000 J5000 \text{ J}.

Answer: 5,000 J5,000 \text{ J}
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