Question

In grass-deer-tiger food chain, grass biomass is $1$ tonne. The tiger biomass shall be

• A. 100 kg
• B. 200 kg
• C. 10 kg
• D. 1 kg

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

In the grassland ecosystem, the biomass relationship is in the form of a triangle with producers being on the first level with the highest biomass.
The second level is occupied by the first-level consumers or the herbivores that eat the producers., and on the third level are the carnivores that eat the herbivores. The biomass keeps on decreasing as we go above the food chain.
If we start with a $1000kg$ of producers, the herbivores will have $100kg$ and the carnivores will have $10kg$.