Consider the food chain grass → grasshopper → mouse → snake → hawk. How much of the chemical energy fixed by photosynthesis of the grass (100%)is available to the hawk?
A) 0.01%
B) 0.1%
C) 1%
D) 10%
E) 60%

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In a typical food chain, about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is transferred to the next level. Thus, from grass to grasshopper is 10%, grasshopper to mouse is 10% of 10% (1%), mouse to snake is 10% of 1% (0.1%), and snake to hawk is 10% of 0.1% (0.01%).

Consider the Food Chain Grass → Grasshopper → Mouse →