Question

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The table lists the number of species and total organisms found in four ecosystems.

Among the four ecosystems, ecosystem (Select]
• is the most diverse. In the
second ecosystem, there are 4 species of producers, 8 primary consumers, 10 secondary
consumers, and 10 tertiary consumers. If the number of species of primary consumers in the
second ecosystem increases to 20, there will be [Select]

Answer 1

Species will be four secondary and tertiary consumers will be 25

Step-by-step explanation:

Given in the question the number of species is 4 then it will have 8 primary 10 secondary and 10 tertiary consumers. If this number of primary consumers increases from 8 to 20 consumers then the number of species involved would be 10 { 4x20/8 }

Number of secondary consumers would also be increased and increased value would be 25 { 10x20/8 } then again comes the tertiary number of consumer which also increases. The number of tertiary consumers will increase to 25 { 10x20/8} same as secondary.

Answer 2

ecosystem 3 and fewer producers in the ecosystem

Step-by-step explanation: