OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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Open up to page 71 in your textbook. What trophic level is the Marsh Hawk?
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Primary consumer
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Producer
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Secondary consumer
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Marsh Grass, Shrews
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hawks are carnivores that eat toads. Therefore they are one trophic level higher than toads. They are considered tertiary consumers. Tertiary consumers are the 4th trophic level.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Hawks are considered to be secondary or tertiary consumers in a food chain. This means they eat primary consumers and other secondary consumers.
Detailed explanation-3: -A Hawk that eats a frog is a tertiary Consumer. A tertiary consumer is an animal that consumes its nutrition by eating primary consumers and secondary consumers. Eg-a hawk eats a frog, which has eaten a grasshopper, which has eaten grass.
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