FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Question
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Tertiary Consumers
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Primary Consumers
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Producers
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Secondary Consumers
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Detailed explanation-1: -The organisms that eat the producers are the primary consumers. They tend to be small in size and there are many of them. The primary consumers are herbivores (vegetarians). The organisms that eat the primary consumers are meat eaters (carnivores) and are called the secondary consumers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Secondary consumers can be broken into two groups: omnivores and carnivores. Omnivores can eat both plants and animals. Carnivores eat exclusively meat.
Detailed explanation-3: -Secondary consumers are either carnivores (which eat meat) or omnivores (which eat a mixture of plants and meat). Classic examples of carnivores include crocodiles and wolves. Classic examples of omnivores include chickens, opossums, and bears.