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  • In relation to energy transfer in the ecosystem, explain the statement "10kg of deer's meat is equivalent to 1 kg of lion's flesh".

In relation to energy transfer in the ecosystem, explain the statement "10kg of deer's meat is equivalent to 1 kg of lion's flesh".

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We know that just 10% of the energy consumed at a trophic level is available for the next trophic level. Here 10 kg of deer's meat means 10kg of biomass at the level of primary consumer. Out of this, the deer for its own needs utilizes 90%. Rest 10%, i.e. just 1 kg, is available for the lion. Hence, it is correct to say that 10 kg of deer's meat is equivalent to 1 kg of lion's flesh.

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