EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -An animal that eats producers, like plants or algae, is called an herbivore. Carnivores eat other consumers. This means they eat other animals. Animals that eat both producers and consumers are called omnivores.

Detailed explanation-2: -An herbivore is an organism that mostly feeds on plants. Herbivores range in size from tiny insects such as aphids to large, lumbering elephants. Herbivores are a major part of the food web, a description of which organisms eat other organisms in the wild.

Detailed explanation-3: -Autotrophs are called producers, because they produce their own food. Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are consumers. Herbivores are primary consumers.

Detailed explanation-4: -PRODUCERS: At the bottom of the food chain, plants are natural producers and provide food and nutrients to consumers. HERBIVORES: Herbivores nourish on plants and insects. PREDATORS: Predators prey on herbivores or other predators.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.