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5.6 Trophic levels
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State the meaning of producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer and decomposer.
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Total for this question: 4 marks
5.6 Trophic levels
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What is the trophic level of a herbivore?
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Explain why producers are always at the start of a food chain.
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Total for this question: 2 marks
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Explain why decomposers are important in an ecosystem.
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In the food chain grass → rabbit → fox, identify the primary consumer and the secondary consumer.
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State the trophic level of an organism that eats secondary consumers.
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Explain why an omnivore can be at more than one trophic level.
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Give two examples of decomposers.
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Explain why decomposers work faster in warm, moist conditions.
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Total for this question: 2 marks
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Suggest why there are rarely more than five trophic levels.
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Total for this question: 2 marks
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Identify the trophic level of seaweed.
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Explain why a carnivore is described as a consumer.
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Total for this question: 2 marks
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Describe what is meant by a herbivore and a carnivore.
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Which organisms are decomposers?
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Explain what would happen if all decomposers were removed from an ecosystem.
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Total for this question: 2 marks
