Trophic Levels and Food Webs Answers

Which of the following would not reduce the carrying capacity of an ecosystem for a particular prey species?

Producers are always the highest level in trophic pyramids. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A quaternary consumer species would be expected to have a smaller population than a secondary consumer species.

Which of the following has the most biomass?

It is advantageous for a predator to prey exclusively on a single prey species.

Which shows the correct order of increasing trophic level, from producer to tertiary consumer?

Organisms produce their own energy or provide energy for other organisms in a food chain. Many different organisms can be found in the Amazon rainforest in South America. Organisms in this biome include a variety of trees, plants, insects, fish, birds, reptiles, and mammals. The jaguar and anaconda are among the largest predators found in the Amazon. Photo by Trisha M. Shears Photo by US Fish and Wildlife Service Which trophic level do anacondas and jaguars fill in the Amazon rainforest?

Less than 0.1% of the energy in a food chain generally makes it from the sun to quaternary consumers.

All animals are _______.

The elimination of a predator has no negative impacts on that predator’s prey species.