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What would happen if there were more secondary consumers than primary consumers?
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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.
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What would happen if there were no secondary consumers?
If there were no secondary consumers, the populations of primary consumers would explode and the world would be overrun with rodents, rabbits, etc.
If grass and shrubs were removed from rural Massachusetts ecosystem what would most likely happen?
What would happen if grasses and shrubs were removed from an ecosystem? A.the primary consumers would increaseB.the primary consumers would become secondary consumersC.the primary consumers would die out or move elsewhereD.the primary consumers would stay unchanged
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 would happen to the producers and primary consumers of the tertiary and secondary consumers are all gone?
The number of primary consumer will increase and it will eat producers which utlimately leads to distruction of all live forms on the earth
Is herbivores is secondary consumer?
No, a secondary consumer is a carnivore (or omnivore). Herbivores are primary consumers, which are eaten by secondary consumers.
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.
Examples of secondary consumers?
Secondary consumers eat herbivores, which are primary consumers. An example of this would be a lion that eats a zebra. The zebra is a herbivore and so the lion is a secondary consumer. Almost all carnivores are secondary consumers.
Are deer primary consumers?
No, a deer would be a primary consumer. Remember that the trophic levels follow: primary producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.
Is t he capybara a producer a primary consumer or a secondary consumer?
As herbivores, they would be primary consumers.
Are zooplankton consumer?
Zooplankton are both primary and secondary consumers. If they eat algae or cyanobacteria they will be primary consumers. If they eat other zooplankton then they would be secondary consumers. Just as people may eat plants thus making them primary or eat meat making them secondary.
What is the relationship between a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?
A primary consumer obtains its energy from producers (i.e. plants). Therefore a rabbit is a primary consumer because it eats grass and other plants. A secondary consumer eats primary consumers, therefore they do not get their energy directly from plants.The fox that eats the rabbit would be a secondary consumer.
Are red foxes primary producers?
No, they are not primary producers. Depending on the food chain, they would be a secondary consumer. A primary producer would be grass or trees.
