AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Consumers can be carnivores (animals that eat other animals) or omnivores (animals that eat both plants and animals). Omnivores, like people, consume many types of foods.

Detailed explanation-2: -These animals are called consumers because they consume something else to get their food. There are different types of consumers. An animal that eats producers, like plants or algae, is called an herbivore. Carnivores eat other consumers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Consumers constitute the upper trophic levels. Unlike producers, they cannot make their own food. To get energy, they eat plants or other animals, while some eat both.

Detailed explanation-4: -Animals that eat other animals are called carnivores. Carnivores that eat herbivores are called secondary consumers, and carnivores that eat other carnivores are called tertiary consumers. Animals and people who eat both animals and plants are called omnivores.

Detailed explanation-5: -Living things that have to hunt, gather and eat their food are called consumers. Consumers have to eat to gain energy or they will die. There are four types of consumers: omnivores, carnivores, herbivores and decomposers.