How would you solves these?? ASAPNote: got 170 MG (6 femur bones)
Question 2. Using your data on the contents of your pellet and Equation 1 below, calculate the total kilocalorie intake of this owl in one night. As indicated in Step 5, remember to assume that the owl produces 2 identical pellets per night. Reminder: assume the second pellet was the exact same as the pellet analyzed in Steps 1-4. (5 marks). Show all your worklcalculations. Ttpl clarication: it Is likely that the average mass of the femurs that you weighed is not explicitly listed in Table 1. So here, we will use an easy allometric formula that related femur mass (or "x\") to kilocalorles (or 'V'): y = (0,2 *x) + 8 (Equation 1) Where: y = the total kilocalories per prey animal present it = femur mass (in mg). This is the same formula used to derive the values in Table 1. We can use the equation to extrapolate andlor interpolate our own values by replacing 'x' with the mass of all the lemurs lound in your pellet to calculate the kilocalories found in all the prey animals. Question 3. While Question 2 provides the total kilocalories in the prey eaten by the owl. recall that much of this energy is lost as heat. Therefore, assume that 91% of the energy stored in the prey animals is lost to heat when they are eaten by the owl. Further assume that the prey animals eat grass and seeds, but that only 8% of the energy in the grass and seeds is transferred to the prey animals (which the owls in turn consume). Using your answer from Question #2 and Equation 2 below, answer the following questions: A) How many kilocalories of grass and seeds does it take to make all the prey species consumed the size that they are? B) How many kilocalories from the prey species are lost to heat in one day when the owl eats them? In your answers, show the formulae (simple addition 11 or subtraction or division or multiplication) that you would use to answer these questions. (5 marks). Tipl equations: There are equations from class that you will nd useful to use for this question. Specically: Eprld = Eprny * EEprad (Equation 2) Where: Ema = the energy of the predator Em, = the energy of the prey EEpmd = the energy efficiency factor (or rather, the amount of energy from prey that is actually converted into the predator). Question 4. Continuing to use your previous answers, calculate the calories of sunlight needed to produce all the grass and seeds that the prey animals feed on. Assume that plants are not very efcient in converting sunlight into stored chemical potential energy, such as cellulose and sugars. Specifically, assume a 1.25% efciency for converting sunlight into the grass and seed energy that is consumed by the owl's prey. (5 marks). Question 5. Assume the amount of sunlight falling on the land where the owl pellets were collected is: 6 kitowatt hoursl mg l day, which is the equivalent of 4500 kcal I m? I day. How many square meters of land must be dedicated to grow the grass and seeds to feed the prey that feed the owl? (3 marks). \