Question

The energy available to secondary consumers in an energy pyramid is 500 kilocalories. Approximately how much energy is used by the secondary consumers for their physical functions?

50 kilocalories
500 kilocalories
400 kilocalories
450 kilocalories

Answer 1

its 400 right?

Answer 2

or is it 450?

Answer 3

well its a pyramid, i think theirs 5 stages, so i think its 400

Answer 4

are you sure?

Answer 5

thats not an option my g

Answer 6

huh

Answer 7

720 isn't an option

Answer 8

I know I meant 400 k because of 500 - 100 = 400

Answer 9

i researched about this and this is what i found

Answer 10

You get it?

Answer 11

Since only 1/10th of the energy that an organism consumes is passed onto the next level of the pyramid, that would mean only 500/10 = 50 kilocalories are passed on, and the remaining 500 - 50 = 450 kilocalories are used up.

Answer 12

yes

Answer 13

yh but this guy gets 450

Answer 14

testing you

Answer 15

wdym?

Answer 16

testing me?

Answer 17

He got the answer wrong so, he was trying to play it off by saying he was testing to see if you would realize that it was wrong. Good work though @ Gucchi!