Paper 1 · People, Development and Environment
UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (22.08.2024) Shift-I
Based on the source of their food, organisms occupy a specific place in the food chain known as:
ATrophic level ✓ Correct
BStanding crop
CTop-level organism
DSpecies level
Correct answer: (A) Trophic level — The place in the food chain based on food source is the trophic level, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The place in the food chain based on food source is the trophic level, so that is the answer.
★An organism's trophic level is its position in a food chain or web.
★It is set by how many steps it is from the start of the chain.
★Producers are at the first level and herbivores at the second.
★Carnivores and apex predators occupy higher levels.
★So this place based on food source is the trophic level.
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