Question

Less than 0.1% of the energy in a food chain generally makes it from the sun to decomposers. Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F

Answer 1

The answer would be true

Answer 2

Answer:

True

Explanation:

Energy from the sun is trapped by the producers which largely consists of green plants and other autotrophic organisms. This energy is passed on the consumers and finally the decomposers.

At every step in the food chain, organisms use a fraction of the energy they obtain for their own metabolic activities. Hence transfer of energy from one trophic level to another is not 100% efficient according to the second law of thermodynamics. Hence less than 0.1% of energy from the sun may eventually reach the decomposers.