Question

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

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

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

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

More tertiary consumers will eat secondary consumers over producers.

Answer 1

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

Energy is lost at each trophic transfer (only about 10% is passed on), so higher trophic levels have less available energy and therefore fewer organisms.