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Why are there fewer tertiary consumers than secondary consumers?
Why are there fewer top level consumers than lower level consumers
What is a Quaternary consumer in grasslands?
If you mean that can tertiary and quaternary consumers both be carnivores, then yes, they can be. The quaternary consumers are probably at the top of the food chain as there are rarely any more than 4 - 5 trophic levels. This is because it would be pointless as there would be very little energy left for the top consumer.If you actually mean what you said literally in the question then the top consumer can eat carnivores but it is highly unlikely that the tertiary consumer will eat carnivores - they usually eat omnivores (secondary consumers) who eat herbivores (primary consumers) who eat producers (e.g. plants).
Why are there always fewer tertiary consumers than producers in an ecosystem?
Only 10% of energy is moved from one trophic level to another in the biomass consumed. So, at the tertiary level there is only enough food energy to support a limited number of consumers. As the number of trophic levels increases, you also have to be more adapted so you can become a predator of the trophic levels below you. If for example there was a species that were above humans, they would have to be smarter, quicker and more adapted - which gets progressively harder.
What would happen to secondary consumers and producers if primary consumers were removed from an ecosystem?
If a primary consumer was removed from an ecosystem the secondary consumer would more than likely adapt to survive. History has shown us that some species are better than others at adapting and the more versatile a species is, the longer they survive. Now more species than ever are in danger because of their natural habitat being destroyed, but on the positive side there are many more convenience stores open now which will give them a fighting chance.
Why are there more producer than consumer in an ecosystem?
because the producers can utilize all the energy they make for themselves while consumers can only harvest what is left after each tropic.
What kind of consumer is a Maya bird that eats a grasshopper?
secondary consumer because the grass hopper eats grass than the bird eats it the grass is the producer the grass hopper is the primary consumer then the bird is the secondary. the thing that eats the bird would be the tertiary consumer.
Why living things are more beneficiary than non-living things in ecosystem?
They help the ecosystem and contribute to it and they help they ecosystem.
Why an Arctic ecosystem would be more fragile than a southern forest ecosystem?
An arctic ecosystem will be more fragile than a southern forest ecosystem because, it has much less biodiversity and there is a substancial difference in the amount of plants and animals that make up the ecosystem. Hope this helped everyone...
Are there more producer than consumer?
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What will happen if there are more plants than animals?
there will be no ecosystem
Why is tertiary amine more stable than ethanol?
Tertiary amines have alkyl groups around the central atom (nitrogen) while ethanol has hydrogen atoms and one hydroxyl group around the carbon atoms. As a result, ethanol is more prone to attack by other groups while in tertiary amines, stearic hindrance doesn't allow attack of incoming groups. So, tertiary amines are more stable than ethanol.
Can an organism fill more the one trophic level?
Yes, when their diet varies they can fill more than one trophic level
