The diagram below represents a feeding relationship in an ecosystem.
(a) Write down the food chains in which the guinea fowls are secondary consumers.
(b) What would be the short term effects on the ecosystem if lions invaded the area?
(c) Name the organism through which energy from the sun enters the food wed.
Answer:
a)
-Grass→Grasshoppers→ Guinea fowls→Vultures
-Grass→Termites→Guinea fowls→Vultures
b)
- Lions would compete with leopards since they belong to the same trophic level.
- Gazelle numbers would reduce due to high number of predators.
- Grass would increase
c)
- Grass