Question

A food chain occurring in the sea which provides food for many people can be written as phytoplankton → zooplankton → X → Y
(a) Name one phytoplankton.
(b) Name two zooplanktons.
(c) What could be X?
(d) Name the organism which Y could be.
(e) Which organism in the above food chain is a (i) primary consumer, and (ii) tertiary consumer?

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Algae

b) protozoa and tadpole

c) fish

d) man

e) i) Algae and Tadpole are primary consumers.

ii) Fish and Man are secondary consumers.

Explanation:

Here protozoa is like producer. Algae and Tadpole are primary consumers. Fish is sea and Man is tertiary consumers.