Answer:
The correct option is C. 100,000 kcal of energy would be required by the producers to support the pyramid
Explanation:
In biology, the trophic level can be most commonly described as the position of a particular organism or species in the food chain or the food pyramid. The trophic pyramid determines the energy transferred from one trophic level to another in a food chain. Scientists believe that energy passed from one level to another is very low i.e about 10% of the energy is passed on, rest is wasted.
Hence, according to the 10% rule, if energy for secondary consumers is 1000 kcal then, energy for primary consumers would be 10,000 kcal and for primary producers the energy would be 100,000 kcal.
