The diagram below shows a food web containing monk fruit plants.
Write down the number of trophic levels in this food web.
State the primary source of energy for this food web.
Powdery mildew fungus is a parasite of the monk fruit plant. Explain what is meant by the term parasite.
Monk fruit is grown commercially as a fruit crop. Farmers often introduce predatory mites to their orchards.
Explain why farmers do this, using the food web diagram to support your answer.
Monk fruit contains mogrosides, which make the fruit taste extremely sweet but are not sugars.
Describe how a student could test a sample of monk fruit extract to show that it does not contain reducing sugars.
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Explain how using monk fruit extract instead of sugar in food products benefits people with type 2 diabetes.