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Q: Which trophic level do you think is the most important for the ecosystem and why?
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Each level in a food chain is called a?

Each level in a food chain in which energy is exchanged is called a trophic order level or simply a trophic level. As a side note only ten percent of the energy exchanged between trophic levels is absorbed. For example, if a cat eats a bird only ten percent of the energy the bird contains that can be utilized cannot exceed ten percent of the total amount of energy present. (Think calories.)


If you feed on secondary consumers what are you?

Feeding on Secondary Consumers in an ecosystem will cause for you to be classified as a Tertiary Consumer (also known as a 3rd order consumer), and will be, by necessity, a carnivore. Another way to think of this is in trophic levels, where the producers will be of the First Trophic Level, standard herbivores of the second, the first-order carnivores for herbivores the third, and the organism defined by this question the fourth.


What are the levels of trophic level?

i think it would be producer, then primary consumer, then secondary consumer, then tertiary consumer.


How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next What happens to the energy not transferred?

i think 10%


What trophic level do sharks occupy?

level 2


What consumer are you if you feed on secondary consumers?

Feeding on Secondary Consumers in an ecosystem will cause for you to be classified as a Tertiary Consumer (also known as a 3rd order consumer), and will be, by necessity, a carnivore. Another way to think of this is in trophic levels, where the producers will be of the First Trophic Level, standard herbivores of the second, the first-order carnivores for herbivores the third, and the organism defined by this question the fourth.


Why are consumers important to an ecosystem?

they are important because they make they own fodd i think.


What trophic level does a zoo plankton belong to?

It is a primary consumer. I think occasionally it is a secondary consumer, though. But I wouldn't bet on that.


What do you think is the most important factor affecting the size of a community in an ecosystem?

The most important fator is heat!


Why is it important to reserch the weather of an ecosystem?

An ecosystem would not be what it is without its climate and weather - think of the difference between a desert and a mountain region.


What type of consumers are coral polyps?

I think they are 1st level consumers When i was at school we had to do a poster on an ecosystem and everthing we put into the poster we had to name what level consumer it was and i think coral polyp are 1st level consumers


An important abiotic factor in all ecosystem?

I think the answer is chiken