Question

Herbivores are generally more numerous than carnivores

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

• Food chain, in ecology, the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism.
• When a herbivore eats, only a fraction of the energy becomes new body mass; the rest of the energy is lost as waste or used up by the herbivore itself to carry out its own life processes.
• Therefore, a carnivore has to eat many herbivores to get sufficient energy to survive and grow.
• A healthy food web has an abundance of autotrophs, many herbivores, and few carnivores and omnivores.
• This balance helps the ecosystem maintain and recycle biomass. In addition, smaller animals are more numerous than larger ones.
• Hence, herbivores are numerous than carnivores.
  

So the given statement is true.