Questions 10 17 refer to the following information. for As part of a class proje
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Questions 10 17 refer to the following information. for As part of a class project in conservation biology, students constructed the following simplified food web an ecological community. In the food web, each letter represents a different species. The arrows point in the direction in which the cnergy flows (from the species that is eaten to the species that is the cater). The following table describes the levels that the species in the food web belong to Level Name Characteristic Primary producers Produce their own food by (autotrophs) photosynthesis or chemosynthesis Primary consumers Eat primary producers (herbivores) Secondary consumers (first-order carnivores) Eat primary consumers Tertiary consumers Eat consumers (second-order carnivoresExplanation / Answer
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10. (C)
The species with green leaves is T. They are the primary producers.
11. (D) Tertiary consumers
Tertiary consumers are carnivores which survive on consumers.
12. (B) S
Q ans S are primary consumers (herbivores) in the food web.
13. (A)
10% of 10,000J = 1000J
14. (C) U and S
The words "predator" and "prey" are almost always used to mean only animals that eat animals. So, U is the predator and S is the prey.
Option (B) will also be correct if T, the plants (primary producers, autotrophs) are considered as prey and Q as the predator (Herbivore).
15. (D)
U and R compete for the same source, i.e, S.
16. (B) Herbivores
17. (C)
Bacteria and fungi are decomposers.
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