Question

In a food chain 90% of the energy is lost in the transfer at each trophic level, and only 10% passes as usable biological energy. What will happen if secondary consumers are removed from a food chain?

Answer 1

no energy is lost. when either hervibors and carnivorse are rremoved.

Answer 2

Answer: Overpopulation of primary consumers.

Explanation: Removal of secondary consumers from a food chain will results to increase in population size of the primary consumers and further increment will leads to overpopulation.

Overpopulation of primary consumers directly influence the decrease in density of the producer (plants).Hence, adverse effects on the population size of plants will cause the extinction (loss) of the community.