Why are there less secondary consumers in an ecosystem than producers?(1 point)

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Responses

There isn’t enough energy available to support more secondary consumers.
There isn’t enough energy available to support more secondary consumers.

More tertiary consumers will eat secondary consumers over producers.
More tertiary consumers will eat secondary consumers over producers.

There is less land to use for habitat after the producers grow.
There is less land to use for habitat after the producers grow.

Around 90% of energy from one trophic level to the next is available.

Answer 1

The correct response is:

There isn’t enough energy available to support more secondary consumers.

In an ecosystem, energy transfer between trophic levels is inefficient, with only about 10% of the energy being passed on to the next level. This means that there are fewer secondary consumers than primary producers because there isn't enough energy to support a large population of secondary consumers.