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: -An animal that eats producers, like plants or algae, is called an herbivore. Carnivores eat other consumers. This means they eat other animals. Animals that eat both producers and consumers are called omnivores.

Detailed explanation-3: -The organisms that eat the primary consumers are meat eaters (carnivores) and are called the secondary consumers. The secondary consumers tend to be larger and fewer in number. This continues on, all the way up to the top of the food chain.

Detailed explanation-4: -The second trophic level consists of organisms that eat the producers. These are called primary consumers, or herbivores. Deer, turtles, and many types of birds are herbivores.

Detailed explanation-5: -The organisms that eat the primary producers are called primary consumers. Primary consumers are usually herbivores (plant-eaters), though they may be algae or bacteria eaters. The organisms that eat the primary consumers are called secondary consumers. Secondary consumers are generally meat-eaters (carnivores).