Question

Secondary consumers occupy which trophic level?

Options

• 3rd trophic level

• 4th trophic level

• 5th trophic level

• 2nd trophic level

Answer 1

Secondary consumers occupy the 3rd trophic level in food chains. They feed on primary consumers, making them the second level of carnivores in the energy transfer sequence. This position places them between primary consumers and tertiary consumers in the food chain hierarchy.