Question

suppose there are 500 units of energy available at the producer level of the energy pyramid. approximately how many units of energy are available to the first level consumer

Answer 1

the first level consumer would get 50 units of energy

at each level of consumers it goes down by 10%

Answer 2

Answer:

$50$ units of energy

Explanation:

For an energy pyramid with is a given ecosystem, the amount of energy transferred to to each trophic level is just the ten percent of energy contained with in an organism at the predecessor level.

Here in this case,

Energy at producer level $= 500$ units

After the producer comes the first level of consumer. Hence, the energy transferred from producer to its next level is

$10$% of $500$units of energy

$= \frac{10}{100} * 500\\= 50$ units of energy