Question

summarise why there are more herbivores than carnivores .​

Answer 1

Answer:

When a herbivore, eats only a fraction of the energy becomes new body mass; the rest of the energy is lost as waste or used by the herbivore itself to carry out it's own life processes. Therefore, a carnivore has to eat many herbivore to get sufficient energy to survive and grow.

Answer 2

• When a herbivore eats, only a fraction of the energy becomes new body mass; the rest of the energy is lost as waste or used up by the herbivore itself to carry out its own life processes. Therefore, a carnivore has to eat many herbivores to get sufficient energy to survive and grow.