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 18,000 clover plants
C. approximately 100 clover plants
D. approximately 600 clover plants
E. None, hawks do not eat clover plants.
Answer: A
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