Question

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Does the amount energy from food eaten by each organism equal the amount of energy used but each organism?

Answer 1

Ecosystem follows the 10% law.

Step-by-step explanation:

• The amount of energy that is available in the ecosystem is equal and same is equally distributed.

• Plants use solar energy and convert it into usable energy for processing food and water in tissues and reproduction and root development.

• Later on when the plant dies or is eaten up the dead organic matter is converted to energy that is derived by the herbivorous or primary consumer.

• When then (90%) lost through respiration and digestion, waste generation in the body.

• After which the energy left may be again taken up by some secondary consumer and only 10% energy remains while the rest is diffused in the ecosystem and environment.

• Thus energy is neither created nor destroyed but transformed in its form.