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What will happen if secondary consumers are removed from a food chain?
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∙ 7y ago
the whole food chain would be destroyed
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∙ 12y ago
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What are the secondary consumers in a food chain?
Carnivores (meat-eaters) and omnivores are secondary consumers because they eat primary consumers.
Is a lobster an secondary consumer in the food chain?
The secondary consumers, such as lobsters, feed on the herbivores. The tertiary consumers, in turn, feed on the secondary consumers, and so on.
How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers?
primary consumers are herbivores and secondary consumers are carnivores so secondary consumers eat primary consumers
What would happen if there were more secondary consumers than primary consumers?
If there were more secondary consumers than primary consumer, then the primary consumers may not be able to find food to survive and become extinct. With too many secondary consumers as a result of no predators of them, then all of the plants may become extinct as well, causing the whole food chain to die out.
Define secondary consumer in food chain?
Primary consumers, which are plant-eating animals.
What does a raccoon represent in a food chain?
Raccoons are generally considered secondary consumers.
Name 2 consumers found in your food web?
They are the plant eaters of the chain and secondary consumers eat the primary consumers
What is teritary consumer?
It eats secondary consumers....Secondary consumers eat Primary consumers... Primary consumers eat producers... Prdoucers are plants.....
Make a food chain with a producer and 3 consumers?
In a food chain, there are four crucial members. There are the primary producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers. An example of a food chain can be found in a stream found in a forest. The primary producers would be plant like producers such as algae that produce food energy for the primary consumers which would be small microorganisms, or very small fish. The secondary consumers such as salmon will feed on these primary consumers for food. The tertiary consumers such as bears will feed on the secondary consumers for their food.
What is the forth word of the food chain?
Primary and Secondary consumers.
What is a primary consumers job in a food chain?
Primary consumers in the food chain are those animals that eat plants. They are, in turn, eaten by secondary consumers.
When do you feed as a primary consumer?
Within an ecological food chain, consumers are categorized into three groups: primary consumers, secondary consumers, and the tertiary consumers.
