Consider the following food chain: hawk - rabbit - clover.Each species will contain a different amount of calories in its body (clover: 10 calories,rabbit: 500,and hawk: 1200).Each species has a different daily caloric requirement (clover: sunlight,rabbit: 100 calories,hawk: 300).How many clover plants,per day,does it take to support a family of hawks (Mom,dad,and juvenile.Assume each hawk needs the same number of calories per day.)?
A)approximately 1800 clover plants
B)approximately 600 clover plants
C)approximately 100 clover plants
D)approximately 18,000 clover plants
E)None,hawks do not eat clover plants.

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Each hawk needs 300 calories per day, and there are 3 hawks in the family, so they need a total of 900 calories per day. Each clover plant provides 10 calories, so they need 900/10 = 90 clover plants per day.

Consider the Following Food Chain: Hawk - Rabbit - Clover