UPPCS · Question 55

What is true about an ecosystem?

Primary consumers are least dependent upon producers
Primary consumers out-number producers
Producers are more than primary consumers
Secondary consumers are the largest and most powerful

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Answer: (C) Producers are more than primary consumers

Explanation

In a typical ecosystem the pyramid of numbers is upright: producers outnumber primary consumers, which outnumber secondary consumers. Primary consumers depend entirely on producers.