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In a terrestrial ecosystem, mice eat the corn from the field, and the hawks eat the mice. Which explains whether or not the hawks will get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten?
The hawks uses some of their energy to catch and digest the mice; therefore they will not get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten.
The mice use some of the energy in the corn to carry out their life processes; therefore the hawks will not get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten.
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; therefore the hawks will get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten.
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the hawk wont get all the energy from the corn because the mouse used some of that energy for life processes. and the hawk got the energy from the mouse

Answer:

The mice use some of the energy in the corn to carry out their life processes; therefore the hawks will not get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten.

Explanation:

Energy transfer in food chain follows the 10% law which states that only 10% energy of one tropic level is carried forward to the next tropic level. The 90% energy is used to carry out the life processes and is lost as heat. Therefore, the hawk would not get all the energy of corn that mice heave eaten since part of the energy would be used by mice to carry out the life processes.