Gce Model Questions Vol1 2021 Biology Question 50

Practice objective / multiple choice question 50 from the 2021 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2021 Biology Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 50 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2021 • BIOLOGY • objective

In a lake ecosystem, primary producers fix \(10\,000\ \text{MJ}\) of solar energy per year. At each trophic transfer, 20 % of the available energy is lost to respiration before the transfer occurs. The transfer efficiencies are: 12 % from producers to primary consumers, 8 % from primary to secondary consumers, and 5 % from secondary to tertiary consumers. Calculate the net amount of energy (in MJ, to two decimal places) that reaches the tertiary consumers each year.

Answer Options

A. 3.12 MJ
B. 1.84 MJ
Correct Answer C. 2.46 MJ
D. 2.40 MJ
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
2.46 MJ

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2021 Biology Question 50. It is one of the objective questions from the 2021 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Biology examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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