Which of the following organisms is mismatched with its trophic l...

Question

Which of the following organisms is mismatched with its trophic level?
a. algae—producer
b. phytoplankton—primary consumer
c. carnivorous fish larvae—secondary consumer
d. eagle—tertiary or quaternary consumer

Accepted Answer

Hi everyone. Let's look at our next question. It says which of the following higher trophic level organisms eats a variety of lower trophic level organisms? So we think of our trophic levels. These are those um layers in our food pyramid or food chain um and higher level organisms as it says, would eat lower level organisms. So we have our answer choices of a rabbit. Be grasshopper, Seahawk and D. Dear. Well our hawk does eat a variety of other organisms. It eats things like rabbits, fish, snakes, rats, all sorts of things. It eats both herbivores and carnivores. So it is that organism that's higher trophic level since its eating organisms that eat other organisms. Um It does eat a variety of lower trophic level organisms. So hawk is going to be our answer and we can confirm that our other answers. Rabbit, Grasshopper and deer are all plant eaters. Um And so all three A. B. And D. Are primary consumers. They are not higher trophic level. They're just on that second level up. They eat plants which are the primary producers. And so therefore they're not higher trophic level. So our answer to which the following higher trophic level organisms, each a variety of lower trophic level organisms choice. Sea hawk. That was a nice easy one for us. Let's move on to the next video

Which of the following organisms is mismatched with its trophic level? a. algae—producer b. phytoplankton—primary consumer c. carnivorous fish larvae—secondary consumer d. eagle—tertiary or quaternary consumer

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