Question

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The energy available to secondary consumers in an energy pyramid is 500 kilocalories. Approximately how much energy is used by the secondary consumers for their physical functions?

50 kilocalories
500 kilocalories
400 kilocalories
450 kilocalories

Answer 1

D: 450 calories

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Answer 2

450 kilocalories.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since only 1/10th of the energy that an organism consumes is passed onto the next level of the pyramid, that would mean only 500/10 = 50 kilocalories are passed on, and the remaining 500 - 50 = 450 kilocalories are used up.

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