AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Animals that eat only plants are called herbivores (or primary consumers). 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -To review, the first link in a food chain is the producers, or plants. The second link is primary consumers, or herbivores. The third link is secondary consumers-animals that eat the herbivores. These animals are carnivores, or meat eaters.

Detailed explanation-3: -Next are the secondary consumers, which eat primary consumers. Secondary consumers are mostly carnivores, from the Latin words meaning “meat eater.” In the Everglades, egrets and alligators are carnivores. They eat only other animals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tertiary Consumer-Animals that eat secondary consumers ie carnivores that feed on other carnivores. Predators-kill for food. They are either secondary or tertiary consumers-eg polar bears, golden eagles. Prey-are the organisms that predators feed on.

Detailed explanation-5: -Trophic level four contains carnivores and omnivores which eat secondary consumers and are known as tertiary consumers.