EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -prey. a consumer captured and eaten by another consumer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Function of Secondary Consumers They control the population of primary consumers by eating them for energy. Secondary consumers also provide energy to the tertiary consumers that hunt them.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are three groups of consumers. 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.