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Around 90% of energy from one trophic level to the next is available.
Around 90% of energy from one trophic level to the next is available.
There is less land to use for habitat after the producers grow.
There is less land to use for habitat after the producers grow.
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.
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The correct response is:
There isn’t enough energy available to support more secondary consumers.
In an ecosystem, energy transfer from one trophic level to the next is inefficient, typically with only about 10% of the energy being passed on. This means that there is significantly less energy available to support the higher trophic levels (like secondary consumers) compared to the lower ones (like producers). As a result, there are fewer secondary consumers than producers in an ecosystem.
