In a terrestrial ecosystem, mice eat the corn from the field, and the hawks eat the mice. which explains whether or not the hawks will get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten? a. the hawks uses some of their energy to catch and digest the mice; therefore they will not get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten. b. the mice use some of the energy in the corn to carry out their life processes; therefore the hawks will not get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten. c. energy can neither be created nor destroyed; therefore the hawks will get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten.