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ECOLOGY

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A single step in a food chain, food web, or ecological pyramid
A
producer
B
omnivore
C
detritus
D
trophic level
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Trophic level refers to the sequential stages in a food chain, starting with producers at the bottom, followed by primary, secondary and tertiary consumers. Every level in a food chain is known as a trophic level.

Detailed explanation-2: -Each step along a food chain is known as a trophic level or feeding level, and every organism can be categorized by its trophic level. The most basic trophic level is producers-plants such as underwater bay grasses and free-floating algae that make their own food through photosynthesis.

Detailed explanation-3: -The trophic level of an organism is the number of steps it is from the start of the chain. A food web starts at trophic level 1 with primary producers such as plants, can move to herbivores at level 2, carnivores at level 3 or higher, and typically finish with apex predators at level 4 or 5.

Detailed explanation-4: -An energy pyramid, also known as a trophic or ecological pyramid, is a graphical representation of the energy found within the trophic levels of an ecosystem. The bottom and largest level of the pyramid is the producers and contains the largest amount of energy.

Detailed explanation-5: -A food web is all of the food chains in an ecosystem. Each organism in an ecosystem occupies a specific trophic level or position in the food chain or web. Producers, who make their own food using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, make up the bottom of the trophic pyramid.

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