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Question
What is a trophic level?
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Solution
Trophic levels are the feeding positions of organisms within a food chain, with producers at the base, followed by herbivores and successive levels of carnivores. Each level represents a stage in the transfer of energy and food. An organism can occupy multiple trophic levels depending on what it eats.
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