Question

What are trophic levels? Give an example of a food chain and state the
different trophic levels in it.​

Answer 1

ᴛʀᴏᴘʜɪᴄ ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ ᴏᴄᴄᴜᴘɪᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀɴ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪsᴍ ɪɴ ᴀ ғᴏᴏᴅ ᴄʜᴀɪɴ. ᴇxᴀᴍᴘʟᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴛʀᴏᴘʜɪᴄ ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ ɪs ᴏᴄᴄᴜᴘɪᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇʀs ᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴜᴛᴏᴛʀᴏᴘʜs ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ғɪx sᴏʟᴀʀ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴇᴘᴀʀᴇ ғᴏᴏᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴛʀᴏᴘʜɪᴄ ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇs 'ʜᴇʀʙɪᴠᴏʀᴇs'. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀʀɴɪᴠᴏʀᴇs ᴏᴄᴄᴜᴘʏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴜᴄᴄᴇssɪᴠᴇ ʟᴇᴠᴇʟs.

Answer 2

➠ AnSwer :-

• Plants are the producers, and represents the first trophic level.

• Grasshoppers are the primary consumers, and represent the second trophic level.

• Frogs are the secondary consumers, and represent the third trophic level.

• Snakes are the tertiary consumers and represent the fourth trophic level.