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Question

What is true about ecosystem?

  1. Primary Consumers are least dependent Upon Producer
  2. Primary Consumers are out-number producers
  3. Producers are more than Primary Consumers
  4. Secondary Consumers are the largest and most powerful

Answer:

Option C: Producers are more than Primary Consumers

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Producers are more than Primary Consumers”.

The consumers utilize materials and energy stored by the producers. Decomposers obtain their food molecules from the organic materials of dead producers and consumers.

In a true ecosystem, producers are more than consumers (herbivores and carnivores).