EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -They eat only other animals. Most carnivores, called predators, hunt and kill other animals, but not all carnivores are predators. Some, known as scavengers, feed on animals that are already dead.

Detailed explanation-2: -Top predators, also called apex predators, eat other consumers. They may be at the fourth or fifth trophic level. They have no natural enemies except humans. Lions are apex predators in the grassland ecosystem. In the ocean, fish like the great white shark are apex predators.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carnivores that eat herbivores are called secondary consumers, and carnivores that eat other carnivores are called tertiary consumers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Carnivores are living things that only eat meat. Animals like owls, tigers, sharks and cougars are carnivores. You would not catch a plant in these animals’ mouths. Then, we have the omnivores.

Detailed explanation-5: -The prey eats the consumer, then the predator eats the prey. Prey can be herbivores (creatures that eat only plants) or carnivores (creatures that mainly eat meat) or omnivores (animals that eat both plants and meats).