Read the food chain given below:

I-Grass→Grasshopper→Frog

II-Wheat→rat→Snake→Hawk

Which of the two consumers, snake or hawk, will get more energy (according to the given food chain)?

Hawk

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Frog

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Snake

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is
A

Snake
More energy will be available to a snake because it lies at a lower tropic level compared to hawk. Hawk gets 10% of the energy available to the snake.

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