EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A bald eagle is an example of a tertiary consumer you might see near the coastal mangrove islands of the Everglades. Its diet includes predatory fish that eat algae-eating fish, as well as snakes that feed on grass-eating marsh rabbits.

Detailed explanation-2: -Level 2: primary consumers The next trophic level in a food chain or an ecological pyramid is trophic level 2. In this level, the organisms occupying this level feed on the primary producers and are called primary consumers. Animals that feed on plant materials are called herbivores.

Detailed explanation-3: -Secondary consumers are largely comprised of carnivores that feed on the primary consumers or herbivores. Other members of this group are omnivores that not only feed on primary consumers but also on producers or autotrophs. An example is a fox eating rabbit.

Detailed explanation-4: -The primary consumers are herbivores (vegetarians). The organisms that eat the primary consumers are meat eaters (carnivores) and are called the secondary consumers.