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 rabbits, per day, does it take to support the hawk?

A. about 1/2 a rabbit
B. approximately 6
C. 2 whole rabbits
D. 12 rabbits


Answer: B

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