In an ecosystem, the population of

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primary consumers is the least dependent upon primary producers

primary consumers outnumbers primary producers

primary producers is greater than that of primary consumers

secondary consumers is the largest

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A graphical representation of the number of organisms at each trophic level is called a pyramid of numbers. The base of each pyramid represents the producers (first trophic level), while the apex represents the tertiary or top level consumers. In most ecosystems, the pyramid of numbers is upright. This is because the producers always outnumber other trophic levels in an ecosystem, implying that autotrophs (producers) are more in number than herbivores (primary consumers), herbivores are more in number than carnivores (secondary consumers), and carnivores are more in number than top level carnivores (tertiary consumers).

From this, it is inferred that: