Energy enters a system as sunlight and a producer is able to produce 10 kilograms of tissue. If eaten, the producer would produce about ______ kilogram(s) of consumer tissue that would provide about __________ kilogram(s) of tissue for a secondary consumer.
A) 100; 10
B) 10; 1
C) 100; 1
D) 1; 0.1
E) 10; 0.1

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According to the 10% rule in ecology, only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is transferred to the next level. Therefore, if a producer creates 10 kilograms of tissue, a primary consumer would be able to produce about 1 kilogram of tissue from that amount, and a secondary consumer would then be able to produce about 0.1 kilogram of tissue from the primary consumer's tissue.

Energy Enters a System as Sunlight and a Producer Is