Question

A snake eats a chick that has eaten a worm that has fed on a plant.What traphic level does the plant belong to?

Answer 1

Answer:

The plant is an autotroph and a producer.

Snake- Carnivore ( Secondary consumer )

Chick- Omnivore ( Primary consumer )

Worm- Herbivore ( Decomposers )

Plants- Autotrophs ( Primary consumers )

Explanation:

1. A snake eats a chick, as a snake is a carnivore and the chick is an omnivore.

2. Chick that has eaten a worm, as the worm is an herbivore that has fed on a plant, and the plant is an autotroph and a producer.

Answer 2

• A food chain is a sequence through which energy is passed on to different trophic levels.

• The food chain always starts with the producers. Because the energy produced by them further passes down to various trophic levels.

    Therefore, plants occupy the first trophic level in the food chain

• All the animals are dependent on plants to fulfill their food need.   Therefore animals are called consumers.

• If animals feed on plants then they are said to be primary consumers, the animal which feeds on primary consumers are said to be secondary consumers.

So, plants belong to the first trophic level.