Question

Why are there less secondary consumers in an ecosystem than producers?(1 point)
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 decreases as it moves up trophic levels, with approximately 90% being lost as heat at each level. This limits the number of secondary consumers because there is significantly less energy available for them compared to primary producers.