Question
Why are there a lot more primary consumers in an ecosystem then tertiary consumers?(1 point)
Responses
Because the tertiary consumers eat each other.
Because the tertiary consumers eat each other.
Because the primary consumers eat each other.
Because the primary consumers eat each other.
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.
Responses
Because the tertiary consumers eat each other.
Because the tertiary consumers eat each other.
Because the primary consumers eat each other.
Because the primary consumers eat each other.
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.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Because there is less energy available for tertiary consumers.
In an ecosystem, energy decreases as it moves up the food chain from primary producers (like plants) to primary consumers (herbivores) and then to secondary and tertiary consumers (carnivores). As energy is lost through each trophic level, there are typically fewer tertiary consumers compared to primary consumers.
In an ecosystem, energy decreases as it moves up the food chain from primary producers (like plants) to primary consumers (herbivores) and then to secondary and tertiary consumers (carnivores). As energy is lost through each trophic level, there are typically fewer tertiary consumers compared to primary consumers.