Question

Consider the energy used by the primary consumers katydids and planthoppers. 3507 323.5 = planthoppers = katydids 275.0 205.0 energy (kcal / m2 / year) 994 70.0 70.0 48.5 29.4 18.6 10.8 consumption assimilation production respiration feces 1. What happens to the energy that is consumed but not assimilated? 2. Of the energy that is assimilated, what percentage of it goes to growth? Calculate the answer for both planthoppers and katydids. Show your work. 3. What happens to the energy that is assimilated but does not go to growth? 4. You just answered for energy, but now answer: What happens to the biomass that is assimilated but does not go to growth? 5. Which is more efficient at converting food into biomass, planthoppers or katydids? Show your work.