Question

Which statements below accurately describe trophic levels within ecosystems? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.

options:


Only a fraction of matter consumed at lower trophic levels is transferred to higher trophic levels to produce growth and release energy through cellular respiration.


There are fewer organisms at the higher trophic levels of a food web.


50% of an organism's energy transfers to the next trophic level when it is eaten.


In a desert ecosystem, there are fewer cacti and many more coyotes.

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Answer 1

The true statements are:
Only a fraction of matter consumed at lower trophic levels is transferred to higher trophic levels to produce growth and release energy through cellular respiration.
And
There are fewer organisms at the higher trophic levels of a food web.
These first statement is actually the reason for the second.