Select the FALSE statement with reference to the food chain.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Only producers of food chain form a trophic level.
- Each step or link in a food chain forms a trophic level. Autotrophs or producers are the first trophic level and stabilize solar energy and make it available to heterotrophs or consumers.
- Herbivores or primary consumers Second trophic level; Small carnivores or second consumers, third trophic level; And the top carnivores or third consumers form the fourth trophic level.