What happens if there’s a natural disturbance (drought) affecting the balance of the food chain so that the Sun +E can supply only 4 energy units per plant? Compute for energy units following the table above and answer the following questions:What is the effect of reduced energy supply (nutrients or food) to the plants?Which components received comparatively less energy in the disturbed food chain?What could be the consequences of the above?If human beings were the last component in this food chain, what would be the consequences of reduced nutrient supply to plants? No.No. of unitsNo.No.No. unitsMean no.individualreceivedunitsunitsremaining &unitss in eachfromused/inused inavailable perpassed on tonext trophictrophictrophicdividualtrophicindividualinTrophic Levelslevellevel above(Resp)levelleveltrophic levelSUN +E = 4a. Plants302b. Grasshopper19c. Frog122d. Snake82е. Оwl42

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What happens if there’s a natural disturbance (drought) affecting the balance of the food chain so that the Sun +E can supply only 4 energy units per plant? Compute for energy units following the table above and answer the following questions:

What is the effect of reduced energy supply (nutrients or food) to the plants?
Which components received comparatively less energy in the disturbed food chain?
What could be the consequences of the above?
If human beings were the last component in this food chain, what would be the consequences of reduced nutrient supply to plants?

No.
No. of units
No.
No.
No. units
Mean no.
individual
received
units
units
remaining &
units
s in each
from
used/in
used in
available per
passed on to
next trophic
trophic
trophic
dividual
trophic
individualin
Trophic Levels
level
level above
(Resp)
level
level
trophic level
SUN +E = 4
a. Plants
30
2
b. Grasshopper
19
c. Frog
12
2
d. Snake
8
2
е. Оwl
4
2

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