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In a food chain a consumer, also known as a heterotroph is an organism that must feed on other organisms to obtain energy and nutrients. They include animals, fungi, and many types of bacteria and protists. Consumers can be divided into herbivores, predators, and parasites.
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What is the sixth consumer called in a food chain?
what is the sixth consumer in the food chain?
Is a consumer always at the bottom of the food chain?
The consumer is always at the top, or end of the food chain. Producers are at the bottom, or beginning of the food chain.
What do consumers do in the food chain?
In the the food chain, the secondary consumer eats the primary consumer and the tertiary consumer eats the secondaryconsumer.
What kind of consumer follows a producer in a food chain?
The kind of consumer that follows a producer in a food chain is called a primary consumer. This consumer eats the producer.
What is a food chain made of?
the food chain is made up of producer,primary consumer,secondary consumer and tertiary consumer
What is the role of a 'consumer' in a food chain?
The role that the consumer in a food chain plays is to take that energy away from that animal by eating it.
Is a cow a consumer or a producer in the food chain?
Cows are at the bottom of the food-chain, since they are herbivores, not carnivores. In contrast, humans would be at the top.
What is a consumer is a food chain?
who eats
What is the role of Tertiary consumer in the food chain?
quaternary consumer
Where does a mollusk fit in a food chain or a food web?
A mollusk is a primary consumer in the food chain.
What role does a pig play in its food chain?
A pig is a consumer in the food chain or food web.
What are animal called in a food chain?
Primary consumer, secondary consumer, main consumer
