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Question 6

In a temperate deciduous woodland, an ecologist collected population data for a specific food chain:

  • Producer: Pedunculate oak trees (population: 5)
  • Primary consumer: Herbivorous gall wasp larvae (population: 2500)
  • Secondary consumer: Parasitoid chalcid wasps (population: 180)
  • Tertiary consumer: Great tits (population: 12)
a.

Describe the shape of the pyramid of numbers that represents this food chain. Refer to the relative widths of the trophic levels in your answer.

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b.

Explain why a pyramid of biomass for this woodland food chain would differ in shape from the pyramid of numbers.

[3]
c.

State two biological reasons why a significant proportion of the chemical energy stored within the producers is not successfully transferred to the biomass of the primary consumers.

[3]
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Feeding relationships Questions

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20 exam-style questions on Edexcel IGCSE Biology Feeding relationships. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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