ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
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Question
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Grass
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Sparrow
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Grasshopper
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Cat
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Grass
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Tertiary consumers are those that eats the secondary consumers (large predators). For example, owls that eat snakes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Grasshoppers are primary consumers because they eat plants, which are producers.
Detailed explanation-3: -All big cats are examples of tertiary consumers. For example, lions, tigers, pumas, jaguars, etc. Furthermore, they are also apex predators, which imply that in their natural environment there are no other organisms that prey on them.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tertiary consumers are ones that are on the fourth trophic level. Some examples of tertiary consumers are sea turtles, sea lions, hawks, and foxes.
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