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Which is the correct order of trophic levels in a food chain?
A
plants-tertiary consumers-secondary consumers-primary consumers
B
plants-primary consumers-secondary consumers-tertiary consumers
C
plants-decomposers-secondary consumers-tertiary consumers
D
plants-primary consumers-tertiary consumers-secondary consumers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Final answer: Producer, Primary consumer, Secondary consumer, and Tertiary consumer correctly represent the order of trophic levels.

Detailed explanation-2: -Food Chains and Webs Producers, who make their own food using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, make up the bottom of the trophic pyramid. Primary consumers, mostly herbivores, exist at the next level, and secondary and tertiary consumers, omnivores and carnivores, follow.

Detailed explanation-3: -Herbivores are animals such as deer which feed on plants. They belong to the second trophic level. Hence they are primary consumers also called first order consumers.

Detailed explanation-4: -First Trophic Level: Autotrophs. Second Trophic Level: Primary Consumers. Third Trophic Level: Secondary Consumers. Fourth Trophic Level: Tertiary Consumers. Fifth Trophic Level: Quaternary Consumers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Primary Producers. Primary producers, or ”autotrophs”, are organisms that produce biomass from inorganic compounds. Primary Consumers. Secondary Consumers. Tertiary Consumers. Apex Predators. 27-Mar-2019

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