MCQ
Q.
What roles do human play in a food chain?
Correct Answer: C
Concept:
- Food chain: The sequence of living organisms in a community in which one organism consumes another organism to transfer food energy is called a food chain.
- In simple words, A list of organisms showing 'who eats whom' is called the food chain.
- The food can be transferred from one organism to the other through the food chain.
- Each step in the food chain is represented by a trophic level.
- Producers occupy the base of the food chain, producers are followed by Consumers → Secondary consumers → Tertiary consumers → Decomposers.
Explanation:
- Humans occupy the position of consumers in a food chain.
- The human can be divided into two types of consumers - Primary consumer & Secondary consumer.
- Primary Consumer - When humans derive their nutrition directly from the producers (green plants) in the form of fruits & vegetables.
- Secondary Consumer - When humans derive the nutrition indirectly by eating primary consumers like goat, cow & buffalo.
