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help i’m doing a quiz right now.
Which of the following statements best explains why most
ecosystems will not have quaternary consumers?
a
There would not be enough energy to sustain a
quaternary consumer level.
b
Tertiary consumers are already very large animals;
their predators would have to be huge.
C
There would be too much competition for food for
any animals to survive as quaternary consumers.
d
An environment cannot support that many
organisms.

Respuesta :

Answer: A

There would not be enough energy to sustain a quaternary consumer level.

Explanation:

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Most ecosystems will not have quaternary consumers because there would not be enough energy to sustain a quaternary consumer level.

What do you mean by Ecosystem?

An Ecosystem may be defined as a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms live and interacts with one another for their needs.

According to the 10% Law of Lindeman, only 10% of the energy gets transferred from one trophic level to the other. Producers produce 100% of the energy out of which only 10% is transferred to primary consumers, then 1% to secondary consumers, then 0.1% to tertiary consumers. Now, very very little amount of energy that can not be transferred to quaternary consumers.

Therefore, most ecosystems will not have quaternary consumers because there would not be enough energy to sustain a quaternary consumer level.

To learn more about Energy flow into the trophic levels, refer to the link:

https://brainly.com/question/10219848

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