Question

In an arctic ecosystem, energy flows from arctic sedge to arctic hares to rough-legged hawks.

Which organism has the greatest amount of energy available to it?

Responses

rough-legged hawk
rough-legged hawk

arctic hare
arctic hare

arctic sedge

Answer 1

In an arctic ecosystem, energy flows from one trophic level to the next, with energy decreasing as it moves up the food chain due to energy loss at each trophic level (mostly through metabolic processes and heat loss).

In this case, the energy flow is from arctic sedge (producer) to arctic hares (primary consumers) to rough-legged hawks (secondary consumers).

Therefore, the organism with the greatest amount of energy available to it is the **arctic sedge**.