Question

question: 24 a partial food web for the little brown bat’s ecosystem is shown. according to the food web, little brown bats belong to which of the following trophic levels? a. procedures b. primary consumers c. secondary consumers d. tertiary consumers

Explanation:

1. First, recall trophic level definitions: Producers (plants) are level 1. Primary consumers eat producers (e.g., Mosquito, Moth eating Plant). Secondary consumers eat primary consumers.
2. The Little brown bat eats Mosquito and Moth (primary consumers), so it's a secondary consumer. Option A is irrelevant. Option B: primary consumers eat producers, bats don't. Option D: tertiary consumers eat secondary consumers (Owl eats bat, so Owl is tertiary, bat is not). So bat is secondary consumer.

Answer:

C. secondary consumers