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Can a secondary consumer become a primary consumer?
Omnivores are both primary and secondary consumers.
How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers?
primary consumers are herbivores and secondary consumers are carnivores so secondary consumers eat primary consumers
Can Second-level consumers may be either carnivores or omnivores?
In an ecological food chain consumers are categorized into three groups or levels which are primary consumers, secondary consumers, and the tertiary consumers. Tertiary consumers are usually omnivores. Omnivores are those who feed on both plants and animals. Omnivores can also be considered as secondary consumers. Tertiary consumers, sometimes also known as an apex predator. Human are such example of Tertiary consumers.
How do you know if an animal is a primary consumer or secondary consumer?
Yes, some can be. Some are considered to be 'vegan' and are only primary consumers. They would not eat anything but plants. The Giant Panda is an example. Some others that normally will eat only plants do eat other things like insects or even mushrooms at times, making them secondary consumers. Humans and other animals will eat anything and are omnivores. I guess they would also fit into being both.
Are lions primary consumers or secondary consumers or tertiary consumers?
Lions are secondary consumers and feed mostly on primary consumers such as zebras.
Are people primary consumers or secondary consumers?
Humans are omnivores which makes them both primary and secondary consumers.
Can a secondary consumer become a primary consumer?
Omnivores are both primary and secondary consumers.
What are the secondary consumers in a food chain?
Carnivores (meat-eaters) and omnivores are secondary consumers because they eat primary consumers.
What is secondary consumer in the food chain?
Well it depends on the environment. If it's a desert it's animals like bilby's and ant lions. Because they eat the bugs/insects/plants of the environment. (First consumers)
What feed on primary consumers?
the secondary consumer feeds on the primary consumer.
What do you consume if your a secondary consumer?
It depends on the ecosystem, but a general statement could be: secondary consumers consume the primary consumers, who consume the primary producers. If the secondary consumers are omnivores, they can also be a part of the second (primary consumer) and third (secondary consumer) trophic levels.
What are secondary consumers sometimes called?
carnivoresSecondary consumers eat primary consumers. Primary consumers are herbivores (animals that eat plants). Therefore secondary consumers eat other animals and are sometimes called carnivores. (Secondary consumers could also be omnivores.)
What type of consumers are most human beings?
Most humans are both primary and secondary consumers. They eat both plants and animals as omnivores.
Are rabbits secondary consumers?
Primary Consumer. They are at the bottom of the food chain.
Is a rabbit a primary consumer a secondary consumer or tertiary consumer?
A rabbit is a primary consumer - it eats producers. Secondary consumers eat herbivores or omnivores and consumers that eat other carnivores are tertiary consumers.
Is a wolf a secondary or tertiary consumer?
it's a tertiary consumer which are carnivores or meat eaters secondary consumers and omnivores or animals that eat both plants and other animals.
What are secondary and primary consumers?
Primary consumers feed on producers (plants) and secondary consumers feed on primary consumers. For example, rabbits are primary consumers because they feed on vegetation. Foxes are secondary consumers because they feed on rabbits.
