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NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: ECO SYSTEM
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Assertion: The conversion of productivity at next trophic level is .
Reason: Energy is lost in the respiration process.
Reason: Energy is lost in the respiration process.
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Correct option: A
If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
Option A is correct because the 10% rule of energy transfer between trophic levels is due to energy loss through respiration and other metabolic processes.
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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
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proceed to which type of climax community?