OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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producers
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primary consumer
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secondary consumer
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tertiary consumer
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Detailed explanation-1: -Primary consumers make up the second trophic level. They are also called herbivores. They eat primary producers-plants or algae-and nothing else. For example, a grasshopper living in the Everglades is a primary consumer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because consumers can’t produce their own food, they have to rely on plant producers for the food they need to survive. Primary consumers operate one level up from plants and eat only plants.
Detailed explanation-3: -Primary Consumer-Animals that consume only plant matter. They are herbivores-eg rabbits, caterpillars, cows, sheep, and deer. Secondary Consumer-Animals that eat primary consumers (herbivores). Tertiary Consumer-Animals that eat secondary consumers ie carnivores that feed on other carnivores.