You are studying a grassland ecosystem with 400,000 kcal of energy stored in the primary producer level.Grasshoppers eat the grass,meadowlarks eat the grasshoppers,and a hawk eats the meadowlarks.How many kcals are now stored,and available,in the hawk?

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In a typical ecosystem, only about 10% of the energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next. Starting with 400,000 kcal at the primary producer level, the energy available to the hawk would be 400 kcal after passing through the grasshoppers and meadowlarks.

You Are Studying a Grassland Ecosystem with 400,000 Kcal of Energy