NEET Biology question
Regarding the 10% law
I. This law was put forward by Lindeman in 1942 II. According to this law, during the transfer of food energy from one trophic level to the other, only about 10% is stored at the higher trophic level and the remaining 90% is lost in respiration, decomposition and waste in the form of heat
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: (C)
Solution
Both statements are factually correct — Lindeman did formulate this law in 1942 (I), and it correctly states that only about 10% of energy is
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