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

Question

Responses

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

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

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 ecological systems, energy decreases as it moves up trophic levels due to the loss of energy through metabolic processes, primarily in the form of heat. This means that there is significantly less energy available to support higher trophic levels, such as secondary consumers, compared to producers.