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If carrots have 80j of energy how much energy will a rabbi get from eating the carrot

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Answer:

8

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the 10% law of energy transfer,

only about 10% of energy will be transferred to

the successive level from the previous trophic

level. Therefore according to this law carrot will

have the highest energy level as it is present at

the lowest trophic level.

Then it will transfer 10% of its consumed energy

to the rabbit and then snakes will get 10%

energy of rabbit after consuming it. Therefore if

the energy amount is given it can be calculated

by dividing it by 10 for upper trophic level.

So if a rabbit receives 80 calories of energy

from eating carrots it will pass only 8

(80/10=8) calory of energy on to a snake.

Therefore the correct answer is 8 calories

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