What is a primary consumer.?

Answer 1

A primary consumer is an organism that consumes producers (typically plants) directly. It does not consume any other consumers.

Terms of the food chain:

producer-a living creature that makes food and energy by itself through a process called photosynthesis.

primary consumer - a consumer that gets energy from eating plants; typically a herbivore

secondary consumer - a consumer that gets energy from eating primary consumers; a carnivore

tertiary consumer - a high level consumer, which is usually the top predator in the ecosystem and/or food chain.

Producers are formally called autotrophs, while consumers are known as heterotrophs.

Answer 2

It is a n animal that eats herbs like plants, leaves, etc. ;herbivores.

Answer 3

A primary consumer is an herbivore - any animal that feeds only on plants - such as rabbits, squirrels, deer, antelope, etc.