EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Wolves are tertiary consumers because they do eat some secondary consumers, while also eating a wide variety of primary consumers such as bison, elk and deer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tertiary consumers are those that eats the secondary consumers (large predators). For example, owls that eat snakes.

Detailed explanation-3: -The larger fishes like tuna, barracuda, jellyfish, dolphins, seals, sea lions, turtles, sharks, and whales are tertiary consumers. They feed on the primary producers like phytoplankton and zooplankton, as well as secondary consumers like fish, jellyfish, as well as crustaceans.

Detailed explanation-4: -In some food chains, the wolf is a secondary consumer, and in others it is a tertiary consumer. For example, a rabbit that eats grass is a primary consumer. If a wolf eats that rabbit, the wolf is a secondary consumer. In another food chain, the wolf might be a tertiary consumer.