Question

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

Answer 1

A trophic level is the group of organisms within an ecosystem which occupy the same level in a food chain. ... The second trophic level consists of herbivores, these organisms gain energy by eating primary producers and are called primary consumers. Trophic levels three, four and five consist of carnivores and omnivores.

Answer 2

each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, consisting of organisms sharing the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy.