SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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producer
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secondary consumer
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primary consumer
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decomposer
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Detailed explanation-1: -If a kestrel eats a mouse that eats grass, the kestrel is a second-level consumer. An organism that can make its own food is called a producer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Voles: The Grass Eating Rodents, You Didn’t Know Existed!
Detailed explanation-3: -Food Chains In a grassland ecosystem, a grasshopper might eat grass, a producer. The grasshopper might get eaten by a rat, which in turn is consumed by a snake. Finally, a hawk-an apex predator-swoops down and snatches up the snake. In a pond, the autotroph might be algae.
Detailed explanation-4: -All of the interconnected and overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up a food web. Organisms in food webs are grouped into categories called trophic levels. Roughly speaking, these levels are divided into producers (first trophic level), consumers, and decomposers (last trophic level).