Question

Choose the correct option with respect to the forest ecosystem.
$\begin{array}{c}\text{X}\\ \text{Sandalwood}\\ \text{Pine}\\ \text{Teak}\end{array}\begin{array}{c}\text{Y}\\ \text{Butterfly}\\ \text{Ant}\\ \text{Spider}\end{array}\begin{array}{c}\text{Z}\\ \text{Aspergillus}\\ \text{Polycarpus}\end{array}$

• A. X - Primary consumer
  Y - Secondary consumer
  Z - tertiary consumer
• B. X - Producers
  Y - Primary consumers
  Z - Tertiary consumer
• C. X - Producers
  Y - Primary consumers
  Z - Decomposers
• D. X - Producers
  Y - Primary consumers
  Z - Secondary consumer

Answer 1

The correct option is C X - Producers

Y - Primary consumers
Z - Decomposers
In a forest ecosystem, plants like sandalwood, pine and teak are the producers. Primary consumers like ant, grasshopper, spider, and butterfly depend on plants for their nourishment.
Primary consumers are eaten by the secondary consumers, which in this case are animals like snakes, birds and lizards.
These secondary consumers are eaten up by tertiary consumers (apex predators) like tiger and cheetah. When plants and animals die, they are broken down into simpler inorganic substances by decomposers like Polycarpus and Aspergillus.