Question

this food web is from an ecosystem in serengeti national park, tanzania. which of the following organisms eat a tertiary consumer in this food web? select all that apply. striped house snake zebra flycatcher

Explanation:

Step1: Identify tertiary consumers

Tertiary consumers are organisms that eat secondary - consumers. In this food web, lions are tertiary consumers as they eat zebras (secondary consumers).

Step2: Check each option

• Striped house snake: It is a secondary consumer, not an organism that eats a tertiary consumer.
• Zebra: It is a primary - consumer (eats grass) and is eaten by the lion (tertiary consumer), not an eater of a tertiary consumer.
• Flycatcher: It is a secondary consumer (eats fly larva), not an organism that eats a tertiary consumer.

Since none of the given organisms eat a tertiary consumer in this food web:

Answer:

None of the above