Responses
There isn’t enough energy available to support more secondary consumers.
There isn’t enough energy available to support more secondary consumers.
Around 90% of energy from one trophic level to the next is available.
Around 90% of energy from one trophic level to the next is available.
There is less land to use for habitat after the producers grow.
There is less land to use for habitat after the producers grow.
More tertiary consumers will eat secondary consumers over producers.
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The correct response is:
There isn’t enough energy available to support more secondary consumers.
This is due to the energy pyramid concept in ecology, where energy decreases as it moves up trophic levels. Only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is transferred to the next, which limits the number of secondary consumers that can be supported in an ecosystem compared to primary producers.
