ECOLOGY
CHEMICAL CYCLES
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Question
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producer
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primary consumer
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secondary consumer
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tertiary consumer
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Detailed explanation-1: -The top consumer of a food chain will be the organism that receives the least amount of energy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tertiary consumers receive 10% of the energy available at the secondary level (0.1% of the original energy). As a result, tertiary consumers have the least amount of energy and are therefore at the top of the pyramid (the smallest part).
Detailed explanation-3: -Energy decreases as it moves up trophic levels because energy is lost as metabolic heat when the organisms from one trophic level are consumed by organisms from the next level.
Detailed explanation-4: -The lowest trophic level is primary producers, such as algae and phytoplankton, which generate their own energy from the sun via photosynthesis.