NEET BIOLOGY

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: -Primary consumers are herbivores. Herbivores eat plants, algae, and other producers. They are at the second trophic level. In a grassland ecosystem, deer, mice, and even elephants are herbivores.

Detailed explanation-3: -Herbivores are primary consumers, meaning they eat producers, such as plants and algae. Giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), like these cubs at the Wolong Natural Reserve in China, are herbivores. An herbivore is an animal that mainly eats plants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Primary consumers: These are organisms which feed on plants (producers) and are commonly called herbivores. E.g. grasshopper, elephant, etc. Secondary consumers: These are organisms which feed on primary consumers or herbivores and are commonly called carnivores.

Detailed explanation-5: -The primary consumers are herbivores (vegetarians). The organisms that eat the primary consumers are meat eaters (carnivores) and are called the secondary consumers.