Question

look at the food web below:
desert biome food web
what trophic level is the lizard and how do you know? be sure to include what the lizard eats in your answer.

Explanation:

1. First, identify the lizard's food source: the grasshopper.
2. Next, classify the grasshopper's trophic level: it eats producers (grass, cactus), so it is a primary consumer (2nd trophic level).
3. Organisms that eat primary consumers are secondary consumers, which occupy the 3rd trophic level.
4. Since the lizard preys on the grasshopper (a primary consumer), it is a secondary consumer in the 3rd trophic level.

Answer:

The lizard is at the 3rd trophic level (secondary consumer). We know this because the lizard eats grasshoppers, and grasshoppers are primary consumers (2nd trophic level) that feed on producers like grass and cactus. Organisms that eat primary consumers are secondary consumers, which are in the 3rd trophic level.