SSC
BIOLOGY
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Question
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There would be more food for secondary consumers.
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The number of primary consumers would increase.
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The number of plants would increase.
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The number of secondary consumers would increase.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The primary consumer is the only living thing that is capable of harvesting the producers’ energy. Without the presence of the primary consumer, there would be no origin of energy for carnivorous or subordinate consumers so no subordinate consumer would be able to exist in the ecosystem.
Detailed explanation-2: -If something occurs where there are more primary consumers than producers, an ecosystem becomes unstable and likely to have problems or even collapse. More primary consumers than producers could mean that the primary consumers will deplete all of the energy resources/food available to them.
Detailed explanation-3: -For example, if secondary consumers were removed from a certain food chain, the primary consumers would increase in number, causing the producers to be consumed in much larger quantities. Also, the tertiary consumers would decrease in number because they would not have any food to feed on.