As an organism that makes its own organicnutrients, usually using energy from sunlight, through photosynthesis. This organism is called aPRODUCER.
As an organism that get its energy by feeding on other organisms. For example:- Animals depend or feed on living organisms, so a loin might depend on a deer. This organism is called a CONSUMER.
An owl is not a producer, it is a consumer, and it is a secondary consumer because it feeds on primary consumers.
No, the cyclidium is a primary producer.
A primary consumer.
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Rattlesnakes are usually secondary consumers. They feed on primary consumers, such as rodents.
A caterpillar is neither a primary producer nor a secondary producer; it is a primary consumer. Primary producers, such as plants and algae, create their own energy through photosynthesis, while primary consumers, like caterpillars, feed on primary producers. Caterpillars consume leaves and other plant material to obtain energy.
As herbivores, they would be primary consumers.
what is a consumer
Neither bamboo is a producer
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).
In a food chain, the Leaf-cutter ant is the primary consumer or secondary consumer. It will eat the primary producer in the chain then is killed by the secondary consumer. On the other hand, the ant eats the primary consumer that feeds from the primary producer.