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Question
Give one example of a food chain having four organisms. Below each organism write the three appropriate terms from the part (a) above which you think it represents.
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Solution
Grass → Grasshopper → Frog → Bird
Producer Primary consumer Secondary consumer Tertiary consumer
Autotroph Herbivore Carnivore Large carnivore
1st trophic level 2nd trophic level 3rd trophic level 4th trophic level
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