IB ESS HL 2.2.11 Food Chains and Trophic Levels Question Bank
Interpret trophic levels and energy movement through food chains.
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2026
- Course
- ESS HL
- Level
- HL
Interpret trophic levels and energy movement through food chains.

Figure A simplified food web in a kelp forest ecosystem

Figure Kelp forest ecosystems with and without the presence of sea otters
The arrows indicate the flow of carbon between the atmosphere and the carbon stored in kelp.
State the trophic level of sea urchins in the kelp forest ecosystem shown in Figure.
Primary consumer/herbivore/second trophic level;