Study the given food chain represented by a flowchart: According to the 10 % law of energy transfer, if the amount of energy available at the top carnivore level (Hawk) is 5 J , what is the amount of energy available at the primary consumer level in this food chain?

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According to the 10 % law of energy transfer, only 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) Grasshopper (Primary Consumer) Frog (Secondary Consumer) Snake (Tertiary Consumer) Hawk (Top Carnivore) Given that the energy at the top carnivore level (Hawk) is 5 J . Working backwards to find the energy at previous levels: Energy at the Snake level = 5 J 10 = 50 J Energy at the Frog level = 50 J 1