NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Man is an omnivore. He can consume plants and be called as a primary consumer or consume animals like goat and chickens which consume plants and be called as a secondary consumer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Secondary consumers are carnivores that prey on herbivorous animals. Omnivores, which feed on both plants and animals, can be considered as being both primary and secondary consumers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The primary consumers are herbivores (vegetarians). 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: -For example, humans are often secondary consumers who eat cow, deer and poultry, but they can also be primary consumers by eating vegetables or tertiary consumers by eating salmon and other larger fish.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.