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The transfer of energy from one trophic level to another is governed by the 2nd law of thermodynamics. The average efficiency of energy transfer from herbivores to carnivores is
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Correct option: B
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Option B (0.1) is correct because, on average, only about 10% (or 0.1) of the energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next.
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II. According to this law, during the transfer of food energy from one tropical level to the other, only about 10% is stored at higher trophic level and the remaining 90% is lost in respiration, decomposition and waste in the form of heat
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Standing crop refers to All successions irrespective of the habitat
proceed to which type of climax community?