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in the food chain grassdeertiger. if the 10000 joules of solar energy consumed by grass, what amount of energy is consumed by tiger?

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1000 joules of energy will be available to the deer and only 100 joules will be then transferred to the tiger. Only 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next in a food chain.

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