Question

You set up a wildlife park that is designed to simulate African grassland. You calculate that the park's area will support 1,000 medium-sized grazing herbivores. You also want to be able to keep a lion population going without supplemental feeding. What is the approximate maximum population of lions that the herbivores might support, assuming that each lion's biomass is equivalent to a single herbivore's?A). 1
B). 10
C). 100
D). 1,000

Answer 1

Answer: C. 100

Explanation:

In the energy pyramid, 1 secondary consumer to 10 primary consumer and in this question, the herbivorous animals are the primary consumer and the lion the secondary consumer.

Thus 1 lion to 10 herbivores

x lion to 1000 herbivores

X = 1000/10 = 100