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Consider the following statements concerning food chains
(a) Removal of $80 \%$ tigers from an area resulted in greatly increased growth of vegetation
(b) Removal of most of the carnivores resulted in an increased population of deers
(c) The length of food chains is generally limited to 3-4 trophic levels due to energy loss
(d) The length of food chains may vary from 2 to 8 trophic levels.
Which two of the above statements are correct?
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(a) Removal of $80 \%$ tigers from an area resulted in greatly increased growth of vegetation
(b) Removal of most of the carnivores resulted in an increased population of deers
(c) The length of food chains is generally limited to 3-4 trophic levels due to energy loss
(d) The length of food chains may vary from 2 to 8 trophic levels.
Which two of the above statements are correct?
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$b, c$
Removal of tigers from an area will lead to an increase in number of herbivores and hence there will be decreased growth of vegetation in that particular area. The number of trophic levels in a food chain does not reach 8 rather there are 3 or 4 trophic levels.
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