Question

Some grass (a producer) has 10,000 Kilocalories of energy it's captured from sunlight. A rabbit (a primary consumer) eats this grass to get some energy for itself. According to the 10% rule, how much energy is the rabbit getting that isn't for life processes or lost as heat?

(1 point)
Responses

10,000 kilocalories
10,000 kilocalories

1,000 kilocalories
1,000 kilocalories

10 kilocalories

Answer 1

1,000 kilocalories

Explanation: the 10% rule means the rabbit receives about 10% of the producer's energy as usable biomass (10% of 10,000 = 1,000 kcal); the rest is lost to heat and life processes.