ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Cougar, coyotes, and other animals that eat horses
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Other organisms in the community that interact with horses
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Grassland animals that are the same size as horses
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Grassland animals that also eat plants and plant products
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Detailed explanation-1: -There are four types of consumers: omnivores, carnivores, herbivores and decomposers. Herbivores are living things that only eat plants to get the food and energy they need. Animals like whales, elephants, cows, pigs, rabbits, and horses are herbivores.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some of the primary consumers or herbivores living on the land are chipmunks, mice, horses, birds, deer and some insects. Animals that eat plants are called primary consumers or herbivores.
Detailed explanation-3: -Primary Consumer-Animals that consume only plant matter. They are herbivores-eg rabbits, caterpillars, cows, sheep, and deer. Secondary Consumer-Animals that eat primary consumers (herbivores). Tertiary Consumer-Animals that eat secondary consumers ie carnivores that feed on other carnivores.
Detailed explanation-4: -Primary consumers make up the second trophic level. They are also called herbivores. They eat primary producers-plants or algae-and nothing else. For example, a grasshopper living in the Everglades is a primary consumer.