As an epidemiologist, dr. thompson is interested in determining the frequency with which a specified event occurs within a particular population at a certain instant or during a particular period. this measure is known as a rate. in epidemiologic practice, an attack rate is the most commonly used method of determining the extent or frequency with which a disease is experienced by a population of individuals. in this instance, dr. thompson is interested in knowing what percentage of the individuals who attended the july 4 celebration became ill. what is the attack rate of food poisoning among the group who attended the july 4 celebration?

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answer;

a. sheep consumption efficiency would be reduced.

explanation;

-trophic efficiency is a measure of how much energy occurs at one level divided by the energy at the level immediately below it . trophic efficiency incorporates three types of efficiency:

-the proportion of available energy that is consumed (consumption efficiency).   it is the proportion of the available biomass that is ingested by consumers.

-the proportion of ingested food that is assimilated (assimilation efficiency).

-the proportion of assimilated food that goes into new consumer biomass (production efficiency).

-in this case, the grasshoppers would affect sheep by reducing the proportion of the available biomass that is ingested by the sheep.