4th order consumer 3rd order consumer
On an ecological pyramid or in a food chain, typically, the highest trophic levels have the least amount of energy from the sun available for the next highest level. In a typical food chain, this would be the tertiary consumer level.
A tropic level is the position that an organism occupies in the food chain. The trophic level that has the least biomass is trophic level 5, which is composed of apex predators.
Here's one; There's a bug that's eaten by a frog that's eaten by a snake that's eaten by a hawk
The organism that has the least energy in the food chain is... well it depends because the ferther you go up in the tropic level the less energy you have. every time you go up you lose 10% of the energy.
Shouldn't a producer and a herbivore suffice? Like a plant and a caterpillar?
they all look different The diagram will probably include an inverted pyramid in which the lower levels have the least amount of pesticides/toxins in the bodies of the consumer and succeeding steps having increasing amounts depending on the trophic levels.
It is the part that has the least amount of energy in the trophic pyramid. An owl or skunk would be an example of this.
3rd or 4th
It depends on the environment that you are planning on deriving this data from. But normally there will always be at least three times the amount of producers vs. third order consumers to support enough energy throughout the trophic levels.
who gets the least amount of energy in the food chain
Plants are in the lowest trophic level of an ecosystem. Their level is the lowest because the needs of plants are the least complex compared to the other organisms present in an ecosystem.
The food pyramid begins with producers (plants) on the first level, it then goes to primary consumers (eat producers) on the second level, the third level is made up of secondary consumers and so on. All of these levels come together to make the food pyramid. There must be the most producers and the least top order consumers in order to maintain a balanced ecosystem.