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When a secondary consumer eats a primary consumer how much energy gets transferred?
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∙ 14y ago
the secondary consumer gets 10% of the energy from consuming primary consumer.
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How much energy in a primary consumer?
It gets 10% of energy from the secondary consumer.
Primary and secondary motive of consumer behavior?
The primary motive of consumer behavior is to gain energy for locomotion. The secondary motive is energy for building new cells.
What is true about secondary consumers in an ecosystem?
A secondary consumer is a predator that eats the primary consumer in an ecosystem. Flow of energy in an ecosystem= primary producer>primary consumer>secondary consumer>teriary consumer
If a caterpillar is a primary consumer what level will energy flow to next after the caterpillar?
Secondary Consumer
Why are sharks primary consumers?
A Shark would be considered a Secondary Consumer because a primary consumer gets its energy from plants, whereas a Secondary Consumer gets its energy from from other consumers.
What is the differences between a primary and a secondary consumer?
A primary consumer is an animal that gets all its energy from vegetation. It is also called an herbivore.A secondary consumer is an animal that eats the primary consumers. It is also called a carnivore.
What category would a mouse fall into on the energy pyramid A primary consumer B primary producer C secondary consumer D tertiary consumer?
A mouse is a primary consumer.
Which organisim is a 'secondary consumer'?
Secondary consumers are organisms that eat primary consumers. Primary consumers eat primary producers. Primary producers are plants that photosynthesize sun light into chemical energy. A cow, for example, that eats grass (a primary producer) is considered to be a primary consumer. The wolf (or a human for that matter), who eats the cow (a primary consumer), is defined as the secondary consumer.
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.
What is a secondary consumer in eco system?
A secondary consumer is any organism that consumes an organism that has consumed an autotroph. An autotroph is eaten by a primary consumer, which is eaten by a secondary consumer. Put more simply, a secondary (or any further level) consumer is a predator/ carnivore. A primary consumer would be an herbivore, and an autotroph (also known as primary producer) is any organism that creates it own energy (generally plants).
Is a deer a primary secondary consumer?
is a deer a secondary consumer
What percentage of the energy flowing through primary producers is ultimately transferred to secondary comsumers?
10%
