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

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In a typical food chain, only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is transferred to the next. Starting with 100% at the grass level, the energy available to the grasshopper is about 10%, to the mouse 1%, to the snake 0.1%, and finally to the hawk only about 0.01%.

Consider the Food Chain of Grass → Grasshopper → Mouse