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Suppose there are 500 units of energy available for the producer level of energy pyramid approximately how many units are in it are available in the first level consumer

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Always 10% of the energy is passed on to the next trophic level and 90% is lost... mostly heat: so if the producer has 500 units of energy then the primary consumer has 10% fromm 500 = so 50 units of energy is passed on to the next trophic level.
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