Food Chains Are Sometimes Short Because ________

question 35

Multiple Choice

Food chains are sometimes short because ________.

• A) only a single species of herbivore feeds on each plant species
• B) local extinction of a species causes extinction of the other species in its food chain
• C) the transfer of energy from one trophic level to the next higher level is inefficient
• D) most producers are inedible

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