Question

33 beginning at the lowest trophic level, arrange the following food chain found on the serengeti plain of africa in the correct sequence a shrubs-decomposers-gazelles-cheetahs b decomposers-cheetahs-shrubs-gazelles c gazelles-decomposers-cheetahs-shrubs d shrubs-gazelles-cheetahs-decomposers e shrubs-decomposers-cheetahs-gazelles

Explanation:

In a food chain, the lowest trophic level is producers (like shrubs, which make their own food). Then primary consumers (herbivores like gazelles that eat producers), then secondary consumers (carnivores like cheetahs that eat primary consumers), and finally decomposers (organisms that break down dead matter from all levels). So the order should be producers (shrubs) → primary consumer (gazelles) → secondary consumer (cheetahs) → decomposers. Option D follows this order.

Answer:

D. Shrubs - gazelles - cheetahs - decomposers