Question

1. grass has 10,000 calories. how many calories would the coyote receive? grass → grasshopper → raccoon → coyote

Explanation:

Step1: Energy transfer rule

In a food chain, only about 10% of the energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next.

Step2: Calculate energy at each level

• Grass has 10,000 calories.
• Grasshopper: \(10000\times0.1 = 1000\) calories.
• Raccoon: \(1000\times0.1=100\) calories.
• Coyote: \(100\times0.1 = 10\) calories.

Answer:

10