Why are there more primary consumers in an ecosystem then there are tertiary consumers?(1 point)

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Because the primary consumers eat all the tertiary consumers.
Because the primary consumers eat all the tertiary consumers.

Because there is less energy available for tertiary consumers.

Answer 1

Because there is less energy available for tertiary consumers.

In an ecosystem, energy is lost at each trophic level due to metabolic processes, leading to less energy being available for tertiary consumers compared to primary consumers. Thus, there are typically more primary consumers than tertiary consumers.