Please help with biology question!!
A grass starts with 30,000 kg of energy. How much energy would a cheetah acquire after it ate a zebra that consumed the grass?
-30
-300
-3,000
-30,000

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Please help with biology question!!
A grass starts with 30,000 kg of energy. How much energy would a cheetah acquire after it ate a zebra that consumed the grass?
-30
-300
-3,000
-30,000

abhisar · Answer

Hello @Drsuz98 !
First of all i would like u to recheck the question, is it 30,000 kg or 30,000 KJ ?

anonymous · Answer

kg

anonymous · Answer

srry

abhisar · Answer

again u wrote kg..is it really kg ?

anonymous · Answer

yes

abhisar · Answer

Hmmm..well kg is unit of mass and not energy  !!!

abhisar · Answer

Anywass...would u like to guess for the correct option first ?

abhisar · Answer

*anywayz

anonymous · Answer

3,000

abhisar · Answer

u know the 10% law ?

abhisar · Answer

According to this law, during the transfer of energy from organic food from one trophic level to the next, only about ten percent of the energy from organic matter is stored as flesh.

anonymous · Answer

Isnt it where 10% energy is lost as an organism moves through each tropic level

anonymous · Answer

sorry I am taking so long to reply!

abhisar · Answer

Now this means that zebra will acquire 3000 KJ of energy and then after eating it cheetah will acquire only 300 KJ of energy

anonymous · Answer

im gonna go with 300 then

abhisar · Answer

No..no its okay..i am glad that u r at least replying. This shows u wanna learn things. Most of them just want to get the answers. I appreciate u !

anonymous · Answer

;D