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All these statements about trophic levels and ecosystems are false except

Options

  1. ATrophic level represents a functional level, not a species as such
  2. BA given species never occupies more than one trophic level in the same ecosystem at the same time
  3. CIn most ecosystems, producers are less in number and biomass than the herbivores
  4. DPyramid of energy can never be upright.

Correct answer

A. Trophic level represents a functional level, not a species as such

Step-by-step solution

Organisms occupy a specific position in an ecosystem based on their source of food which is known as trophic levels. In trophic levels, the first level is occupied by producers second by herbivores and third level by carnivores. These levels do not depict the species but their functional level. A sparrow becomes a primary consumer when it eats seeds and secondary consumers when it feeds on worms. Hence a given specie can occupy more than one trophic level at the same time in the ecosystem. In the most ecosystem, th

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