Answer:
The correct answer is - option 1. 930 kilocalories.
Explanation:
In every ecosystem, the energy is passed from one form to another and there is a lot of loss of the energy as heat in the cellular process. There is a transfer of only 10% of each level of the trophic level.
Algae is the producers in this aquatic ecosystem so the primary consumer will get 10% of the energy that is present in plant tissue (93000kcal) which will be 9300 Kcal and second producers will get 10% of this will be 930Kcal.
Thus, the correct answer is option 1. 930 kilocalories.
If algae in an aquatic food chain convert solar energy into 93,000 kilocalories of plant tissue, The amount of energy that would be available for secondary consumers in the food chain would be 930 kilocalories.
Recall that: in every food chain, only about 10% of the energy in lower trophic levels gets to higher trophic levels while the rest is lost as heat to the environment.
Primary consumers feed directly on the producers, the plants. Thus, if 93,000 kilocalories is available in plant tissue:
10/100 x 93,000 = 9,300 kilocalories
9,300 kilocalories of energy would be available to primary consumers.
Secondary consumers feed on primary consumers. Thus, if 9,300 kilocalories is available in primary consumers:
10/100 x 9,300 = 930 kilocalories
930 kilocalories of energy would be available to secondary consumers.
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