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Tertiary consumers are always positioned at the top of an energy pyramid because they occupy the highest trophic level in a food chain, feeding on secondary consumers. As apex predators, they have no natural predators of their own, which allows them to maintain their position at the top. Additionally, energy transfer between trophic levels is inefficient, with only about 10% of energy passed on; thus, fewer organisms can be supported at the higher levels, leading to fewer tertiary consumers. This structure reflects the decreasing energy availability as one moves up the pyramid.
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What is teritary consumer?
It eats secondary consumers....Secondary consumers eat Primary consumers... Primary consumers eat producers... Prdoucers are plants.....
What is true about secondary consumers in an ecosystem?
A secondary consumer is a predator that eats the primary consumer in an ecosystem. Flow of energy in an ecosystem= primary producer>primary consumer>secondary consumer>teriary consumer
Why are the pyramids if biomass always a pyramid shape?
The pyramids of biomass are always pyramid-shaped because, at each trophic level in an ecosystem, energy is lost as it is transferred from one level to the next, usually due to metabolic processes and heat. This results in a decreasing amount of biomass and energy as one moves up the food chain, with producers (like plants) having the most biomass at the base, followed by primary consumers (herbivores) and then secondary and tertiary consumers (carnivores). Consequently, the shape visually represents the reduction in biomass and energy availability at each successive trophic level.
Why are there more primary consumers than tertiary consumers?
Because the total energy associated with the primary consumers isn't stored in their bodies, so can't all be passed on to the secondary ones. The rest is used for their life processes, such as movement.
Are producers always the largest level in a trophic pyramid?
No, producers are not always the largest level in a trophic pyramid. Producers form the base of the pyramid, with primary consumers feeding on them, and subsequent trophic levels following. The largest level in a trophic pyramid can vary depending on the ecosystem and the specific food web dynamics at play.
Why are there usually few organisms at the energy pyramid?
In a stable ecoystem, there should always be more producers than carnivores. For one, there has to be more energy, because your energy flow has to reach the top of the pyramid through your primary, secondary, etc. consumers. There has to be more at the bottom because the organisms at the upper levels have to have a food source. How would the jungle look if there were 100 tigers and only 1 plant?
In an energy pyramid the producer layer always has the?
In an energy pyramid, the producer layer always has the most energy because producers, such as plants, are able to convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis. This energy is then passed on to consumers in higher trophic levels through the consumption of producers.
What kind of animals are a tertiary consumers?
A tertiary consumer is an organism that eats secondary consumers. An example of this would be shark. The shark could be a tertiary consumer because the shark eats a fish which eats zooplankton which eat phytoplankton. The phytoplankton is the primary producer, the zooplankton is the primary consumer, the fish is the secondary consumer which makes the shark the tertiary consumer.
What kind of animal is a consumer?
A Consumer is an animal that eats the Producer. The Producer is always a plant. There are 3 types of consumers:Primary Consumer, Secondary Consumer, and Tertiary Consumer. The Primary Consumer eats the Producer, the Secondary Consumer eats the Primary Consumer, and the Tertiary Consumer eats the Secondary Consumer. Example: Grass ------------> Rabit ------------> Snake ------------> Hawk (producer) (primary consumer) (secondary consumer) (tertiary consumer)
Which ecological pyramid is always straight?
pyramid of energy
Why are consumers at the bottom of the food chain?
Producers are placed at the bottom of the food chain because the do not eat other living organisms and instead get their energy though the sun.
Why is the face other than the base on a pyramid always triangular?
That is how a pyramid is defined!That is how a pyramid is defined!That is how a pyramid is defined!That is how a pyramid is defined!
