ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Only consumers would be affected.
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All the organisms in the chain are affected
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The decomposers and the producers are affected
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Second-level consumers would cease to exist
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Detailed explanation-1: -If an organism is removed from the food chain, it spoils the flow of energy and nutrient in the ecosystem. It disrupts the balance of the food chain. As a result, the organisms which depend on others for food will die due to starvation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Question 6. State the consequence when one food chain is disturbed in an ecosystem. Answer: Since, all food chains are interlinked disturbance in one food chain will affect the other food chain in a forest.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: When one of the links (species) in a food chain is no longer present (for example a species goes extinct or a feral animal takes over), the food chain breaks. Sometimes, this can cause other animals in the food chain to disappear as well and the whole ecosystem can become imbalanced or even collapse.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Disturbance in one food chain affects the other because all food chains are interlinked. For example, If one species in the food web ceases to exist, one or more members in the rest of the chain could cease to exist too.