Question

If bamboo plants are growing in a far forest then what will be its trophic level?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth

Answer 1

Hint: Bamboo are the evergreen flowering plants. They belong to the family Poacaea. The Bamboo belongs to the angiosperm monocotyledon category of plants. The angiosperms are seed producing plants.

Complete answer:
The linear arrangement of organisms that show their interdependence on each other for obtaining nutrition or for meeting their food requirement is called a food chain. Each organism in the food chain constitutes a level which is said to be the trophic level of the food chain. In general, there are four to five trophic levels in a food chain. The food chain is important in our biosphere to maintain the number of organisms in each trophic level. The first trophic level consists of the producers. The producers are also known as autotrophs; they trap or utilize the solar energy from the sun and use the energy in food preparation. The food is prepared in the green part of the plant called as leaves with the help of water, carbon dioxide, sunlight and chlorophyll by a process called photosynthesis. Thus, the producers form the first trophic level. The organism that feeds on the producers constitutes the second trophic level. These are generally the herbivores since they feed on the producers. The third trophic level is attained by the carnivores because these organisms eat other animals. The fourth level of the food chain is achieved by a big carnivore organism that feeds on the small carnivorous animals.
The bamboo is found in the first trophic level or the producer level that can obtain its food by the process of photosynthesis. The other organisms feed on the bamboo and may attain second trophic level and so on. Thus, the correct answer for the trophic level of bamboo in the far forest region is first or one.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A)

Note: Sometimes, the fifth level of the food chain is attained by the decomposers. These are the bacteria that feed on the flesh of the organism and obtain nourishment from it. These are in the form of small decomposing bacteria or nitrifying bacteria or decomposers.