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Secondary consumers eat herbivores, which are primary consumers. An example of this would be a lion that eats a zebra. The zebra is a herbivore and so the lion is a secondary consumer. Almost all carnivores are secondary consumers.
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Are hawks secondary consumers?
i think hawks are tertiary because they eat secondary consumers
Why are secondary consumers called secondary consumers?
Because, animals that eat other animals
What does 'secondary consumers' mean?
Usually a secondary consumer is a carnivore. They prey on primary consumers. Primary consumers eat vegetation.
Are all herbivores primary consumers?
Yes, a maple tree produces its own food and there for is a primary consumer, anything that eats the maple tree would be a secondary consumer.
Are crickets secondary consumers?
Crickets are not secondary consumers, because they eat only plants. This makes them primary consumers. The birds and reptiles that eat the crickets are secondary consumers.
What are examples of tertiary consumers in swamps or wetlands?
I suppose crocodiles and alligators are two examples.
What is Two examples found in your food web?
primary and secondary consumers
What are the examples of secondary consumer?
Carnivores are secondary consumers. Carnivore means that they are meat eating organisms.
What are two example of a secondary consumer?
examples of secondary consumers include a hawk, snake, or mountain lion secondary consumers are animals on a food chain that don't get eaten.
What eats carnivorous plankton?
Carnivorous plankton are eaten by secondary consumers. Some examples of these are birds, fish, and squid. Carnivorous plankton are also eaten indirectly by whatever consumers secondary consumers.
What is a secondary consumer of the beach?
A secondary consumer is one that eats a primary consumer, and is therefore either carnivorous or omnivorous. These trophic levels are not innate to the organism, and it can change its behavior and therefore its place in the food chain. Producers cannot become consumers, and consumers cannot become producers, but secondary consumers can become primary consumers, or tertiary consumers, etc. Two examples of secondary consumers in the ocean would be the orca (a carnivorous mammal), and the whale shark (an omnivorous fish). Secondary consumers are not necessarily apex predators, although those two are. Squids are also typically secondary consumers, and are not apex predators.
A sentence for secondary consumers?
Secondary consumers are herbivores that feed on primary consumers.
Two secondary ocean consumers?
The ones that eat the primary consumers...
How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers?
primary consumers are herbivores and secondary consumers are carnivores so secondary consumers eat primary consumers
What primary consumers are in the deciduous forest?
Examples of secondary consumers are; lions, dogs and foxes.Plants are producers (they make their own food). Primary consumers eat producers - these are also called herbivores. Secondary consumers eat primary consumers - these are also called carnivores.
What do consumers eat secondary consumers?
Secondary Consumers eat other primary consumers. Primary consumers eat plants or producers.
What are primary secondary and tertiary consumers in the tropical rain forest?
primary consumers are the consumers which feed upon the producers secondary consumers are the consumers which feed upon the primary consumers tertiary consumers are the consumers which feed upon the secondary consumers
