Question

Name the third trophic level in the following food chain:

$Plant\to Insects\to Frogs\to Snakes\to Hawks$

Answer 1

1. Trophic levels are the steps in food along which transfer takes place. The four trophic levels are first level (producers), second level (herbivores), third level (carnivores) and fourth level (tertiary consumers).
2. In the given food chain: $Plant\to Insects\to Frogs\to Snakes\to Hawks$ the trophic levels are as follows:

Plant - First level,

Insects - Second level

Frogs - Third level

Snakes - Fourth level

Hawks - Fifth level

Hence, the third trophic level in the given food chain is frogs.