Of the total amount of energy that passes from one trophic level to another in a food chain, about 10% is
A
reradiated as heat
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B
burnt in respiration
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C
stored in the body tissue
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D
transpired
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Solution
The correct option is Cstored in the body tissue According to the 10% rule, only 10% of energy is transferred from one level to the next level of food chain, and in the remaining 90% some part is used up metabolically for survival and the rest is lost as body heat. This 10% that is transferred to the next trophic level is basically what is stored in the body tissue as food, and utilized as food by organisms in the higher trophic level.