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 one hawk?
A. approximately 30 clover plants
B. approximately 600 clover plants
C. approximately 60 clover plants
D. approximately 3 clover plants
E. None, clover plants do not support hawks.
Answer: B
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