Question

The food chain that starts from plants and goes from smaller to larger animals is

• A. Predator food chain
• B. Saprophytic food chain
• C. Detritus food chain
• D. Parasitic food chain

Answer 1

The correct option is A Predator food chain

The food chain involves the interlinking of the several trophic levels by the flow of energy from one level to the other. Primary producers are organisms that make their own food from sunlight the base of every food chain - these organisms are called autotrophs. Primary consumers are animals that eat primary producers, they are also called herbivores (plant-eaters). Secondary consumers eat primary consumers. They are carnivores (meat-eaters) and omnivores (animals that eat both animals and plants). Tertiary consumers eat secondary consumers. Quaternary consumers eat tertiary consumers or predators which have no more natural enemies. Such food chain that starts with the primary producer or plants and ends with large predators is called as predator food chain.

Therefore, the correct answer is option A.