NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyEcosystemPractice
The fraction of energy lost when an organism proceeds from one trophic level to the next trophic level is
Options
- A10 percent
- B20 percent
- C30 percent
- D90 percent
Correct answer
D. 90 percent
Step-by-step solution
As per the Ten percent energy transfer law introduced by Lindeman-'During the transfer of energy from organic food from one trophic level to the next, only about ten percent of the energy from organic matter is stored as flesh.' In a typical food chain, only ten percent of the energy is passed to the next consumer in the unidirectional manner and 90% is lost to the environment as heat. In a typical food chain, the apex predator receives the least amount of energy and hence, a single food chain typically does not ha