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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.
What are three types of consumers in terms of primary secondary and?
Primary consumers are herbivores that eat plants directly. Secondary consumers are carnivores that eat primary consumers. Tertiary consumers are carnivores that eat secondary consumers.
Are crickets secondary consumers?
No, crickets are not considered secondary consumers. They are primary consumers, as they mainly feed on plants and organic matter. Secondary consumers are animals that primarily feed on primary consumers.
Why are secondary consumers called secondary consumers?
Secondary consumers are called secondary consumers because they occupy the second trophic level in an ecosystem, following primary consumers that feed on producers. They obtain energy by consuming primary consumers, making them the second link in the food chain.
Is a aphid a secondary consumer?
No, aphids are primary consumers in the food chain as they feed directly on plants by sucking sap from their leaves or stems. Secondary consumers typically eat primary consumers or other secondary consumers.
What consumers are eaten by?
Secondary consumers are eaten by tertiary consumers. For example; mice are eaten by snakes (secondary consumers), which are eaten by mongooses (tertiary consumers).
Secondary consumers are eaten by larger?
Secondary consumers are eaten by tertiary consumers - animals that eat other carnivores.
Are crickets consumers or scavengers?
primary consumers. they eat producers and get eaten by secondary consumers.
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.
Are penguins primary or secondary consumers?
They are definitely secondary consumers because they get eaten by sharks so it just all makes sense.
Are crickets producers consumers or scavengers?
primary consumers. they eat producers and get eaten by secondary consumers.
Is herbivores is secondary consumer?
No, a secondary consumer is a carnivore (or omnivore). Herbivores are primary consumers, which are eaten by secondary consumers.
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.
Are birds a first or secondary consumer?
A primary consumer eats the producer, a secondary consumer eats the primary consumer. For example grass (producer) is eaten by rabbits (primary consumer) who are eaten by foxes (secondary consumer).
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)
Is a field mouse a primary consumer?
As they are herbivores, mice are primary consumers. Primary consumers eat producers of energy (like plants), while secondary consumers eat other consumers.
What is the main source of energy in food chains and webs?
The energy is taken from nutrients that are found in the ground which the plants absorb. The plants are then eaten by primary consumers, or herbivores;after this, the primary consumers re eaten by secondary consumers or carnivores. Omnivores share both of these characteristics though, and thus are a primary and secondary consumer.
