Why are there limited levels of consumers? for example, apex predators are usually tertiary or quaternary consumers. why don’t we have many 5th, 6th, or 7th level consumers?

energy is lost at each level of consumption so it’s simply not efficient to be a 5th + level consumer

answer; the above answer to the above statement is (true)

a plastic spoon that has a temperature of 78° f is placed into a bowl of soup that has a temperature of 84° f. which of these correctly describes what will happen?

energy as heat moves from the soup to the spoon.