Question

In a balanced ecosystem, the number of______ is far greater than the number of________ .

first blank: (producers, tertiary consumers, herbivores)
second blank: (consumers, omnivores,secondary consumers)

Answer 1

Producers / Consumers

Step-by-step explanation:

From ody ssey assignment 6 page 8 (if printed) under Balance of Nature.

sentence number 1 "In a balanced ecosystem, the number of producers is far greater than the number of consumers.

Answer 2

Ecological balance always require that there must be more producers than the number of consumer. When the equation for ecological balance will be reverse there will be ecological imbalance which is called the disturbances. This will later on cause the scarcity of resource and extinction of one species.