LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

ECOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What might happen if you remove a primary consumer from the ecosystem?
A
There would be more food for secondary consumers.
B
The number of primary consumers would increase.
C
The number of plants would increase.
D
The number of secondary consumers would increase.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -If all the primary consumers in an ecosystem were removed there would eventually be an increase in producers and a decrease in secondary and tertiary consumers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The primary consumers decrease in numbers or die if they cannot migrate to new feeding grounds. This causes greater competition among the secondary consumers that depend on the primary consumers for their food.

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