In the following pyramid of energy, label all the trophic levels and show the amount of energy available in each, if $1, 000, 000 J$ Of sunlight energy is available.

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In a food chain of an ecosystem, 10% rule of energy transfer depicts that 10% energy of a particular a trophic level is passed on to the next trophic level. In this question, if 1000000 J of sunlight energy is available then first trophic level will have 10%X1,000,000= 100,000 J energy while the second trophic level will have 10%X100,000=10,000 J energy. The third trophic level will have 10%X10,000=1,000 J energy whereas the fourth trophic level will have 10%X1000=100 J available energy for tertiary consumers.

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In the following pyramid of energy, label all the trophic levels and show the amount of energy available in each, if 1,000,000J Of sunlight energy is available.

In the following pyramid of energy, label all the trophic levels and show the amount of energy available in each, if $1, 000, 000 J$ Of sunlight energy is available.