Question

In the food chain given below, grasshopper occupies the _____ trophic level.

Grass→Grasshopper→Frog→Snake→Eagle

• A. First
• B. Second
• C. Third
• D. Fourth

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Second

The position of an organism in a food chain is called its trophic level. Producers always occupy the first trophic level of a food chain. The primary consumers or the herbivores occupy the second trophic level. Carnivores or the secondary consumers occupy the third trophic level and the predators that consume the carnivores occupy the fourth trophic level. In the given food chain, Grass occupies the first trophic level and grasshoppers occupy the second trophic level.