HELP!! I totaly dont understand what it is asking......
Explain how the ecosystem that you selected follows the law of conservation of mass and the law of conservation of energy. It is said that only about 10% of stored energy is transferred between trophic levels of the ecosystem. Be specific in using your ecosystem in your example. (Grassland)

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HELP!! I totaly dont understand what it is asking......
Explain how the ecosystem that you selected follows the law of conservation of mass and the law of conservation of energy.  It is said that only about 10% of stored energy is transferred between trophic levels of the ecosystem. Be specific in using your ecosystem in your example. (Grassland)

anonymous · Answer

This probably has something to do with the flow of energy from plants to herbivores to various carnivores. If a carnivore can only get 10% of the herbivore's energy from eating it, it'll need to eat lots of herbivores, right? So you'd expect to see way more plants than herbivores, way more herbivores than carnivores, etc.

anonymous · Answer

Thanks :D