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Why can the wolf be considered both a secondary consumer and a tertiary consumer?
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Is a wildcat a secondary consumer?
No, they can be both a secondary consumer (rabbits) or a tertiary consumer (eagles or falcons) but that is very rare.
Is an owl a primary consumer or secondary consumer or tertiary consumer?
Hawks can be either secondary or tertiary consumers, depending on the organism it eats at any particular time. If it eats an herbivore such as a mouse, then it is a secondary consumer. If it eats another carnivore such as a snake, then it is a tertiary consumer.
Why are there fewer tertiary consumers than secondary consumers?
Why are there fewer top level consumers than lower level consumers
Is a wolf a secondary or tertiary consumer?
it's a tertiary consumer which are carnivores or meat eaters secondary consumers and omnivores or animals that eat both plants and other animals.
Are birds a first or secondary consumer?
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).
Is a penguin a primary consumer secondary consumer or both?
It is a secondary consumer.
Are omnivores secondary consumer or a primary consumer?
they are both. foxes are omnivorous. they are classified under both primary and secondary consumer
Is an elephant a primary consumer secondary consumer or tertiary consumer?
yes. a primary consumer is always a herbivore(-eats only plants) (sometimes an omnivore-eats both meat and plants)and elephants are herbivores. secondary consumers are carnivores(eat meat only).
Can a secondary consumer become a primary consumer?
Omnivores are both primary and secondary consumers.
What are the two types of consumers?
The 3 types of consumers are: primary consumer, secondary consumer, and tertiary consumer. A primary consumer, like a rabbit, eats a primary producer, like grass. A secondary consumer, like a fox, eats a primary consumer, which is the rabbit. A tertiary consumer, like a great gray owl, eats the secondary consumer, which is the fox.
Can Second-level consumers may be either carnivores or omnivores?
In an ecological food chain consumers are categorized into three groups or levels which are primary consumers, secondary consumers, and the tertiary consumers. Tertiary consumers are usually omnivores. Omnivores are those who feed on both plants and animals. Omnivores can also be considered as secondary consumers. Tertiary consumers, sometimes also known as an apex predator. Human are such example of Tertiary consumers.
In IUPAC nomenclture between secondry butyl and tertiary butyl which comes first if the carbon chain is equal from both the side?
In I.U.P.A.C system terms Secondary and Tertiary are not used, but logically secondary should prior to tertiary.
