FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Question
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Which of the following illustrates the correct ordering of trophic levels?
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decomposers-carnivores-autotrophs-herbivores
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herbivores-autotrophs-carnivores-decomposers
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producers-herbivores-carnivores-decomposers
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carnivores-producers-omnivores
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The first and lowest level contains the producers, green plants. The plants or their products are consumed by the second-level organisms-the herbivores, or plant eaters. At the third level, primary carnivores, or meat eaters, eat the herbivores; and at the fourth level, secondary carnivores eat the primary carnivores.
Detailed explanation-2: -Producers, Herbivores (primary consumers), Carnivores (secondary consumers), Predators (tertiary consumers).
Detailed explanation-3: -A food chain in an ecosystem consists of producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and decomposers.
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