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Ecosystems: Energy Flow, Food Webs, and Trophic Levels — Homework
Review trophic levels and the 10 percent rule before answering.
- 1.In a food chain of grass, grasshopper, bird, hawk, name the producer.
- 2.If producers hold 8,000 units of energy, roughly how much energy reaches the primary consumer level, applying the 10 percent rule?
- 3.Explain the role of decomposers in an ecosystem.
- 4.Explain why food chains rarely extend past four or five trophic levels.
- 5.Describe a simple food web with at least six organisms and identify two different food chains embedded within it.
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