15% can be taken as the average value for the amount of organic matter that is present at each step and reaches the next level of consumers

Question

Write true or false for the following statements:

15% can be taken as the average value for the amount of organic matter that is present at each step and reaches the next level of consumers.

Answer 1

False.

Only 10 % of the available energy is transferred to the next trophic level, most of the energy is lost to environment as heat.