how many units of energy would there need to be to end up with 1000 units in the second? in the third? in the fourth?

10000 units in the second

100000 units in the third

1000000 units in the fourth

Explanation:

According to the pyramid of energy, which describes how energy flows from one trophic level to another, only about 10% of the available energy is transferred to the organism in the next trophic level as a lot of energy (about 90%) is lost as heat.

In this question, in order to have 1000inits of energy in

- Second trophic level = 1000 = 10/100 × x

10x = 100000

x = 10000units of energy

- for third trophic level,

100 × 1000

= 100000 units of energy

- for fourth trophic level;

1000 × 1000

= 1,000,000 units of energy.

fertilization, pictured in figure 24.23a is the process in which gametes (an egg and sperm) fuse to form a zygote. the egg and sperm each contain one set of chromosomes. to ensure that the offspring has only one complete diploid set of chromosomes, only one sperm must fuse with one egg. in mammals, the egg is protected by a layer of extracellular matrix consisting mainly of glycoproteins called the zona pellucida. when a sperm binds to the zona pellucida, a series of biochemical events, called the acrosomal reactions, take place. in placental mammals, the acrosome contains digestive enzymes that initiate the degradation of the glycoprotein matrix protecting the egg and allowing the sperm plasma membrane to fuse with the egg plasma membrane, as illustrated in figure 24.23b. the fusion of these two membranes creates an opening through which the sperm nucleus is transferred into the ovum. the nuclear membranes of the egg and sperm break down and the two haploid genomes condense to form a diploid genome.

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