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Organisms that produce their own food are primary producers.
Organisms that consume either entire plants ( eg : grass) or atleast plant parts such as leaves, fruits etc. are termed as primary consumers.
Herbivores are organisms that consume only plant matter that is they depend only on primary producers directly for their food.
Thus all herbivores are primary consumers but all primary consumers in a food chain or a food web does not necessarily have to be a herbivore.
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Use primary consumer in a sentence?
The primary consumer, such as a rabbit, feeds on plants in the food chain before being consumed by a secondary consumer like a fox.
When you eat a hamburger you are the a decomposer b producer c primary consumer d secondary consumer e tertiary consumer?
When you eat a hamburger, you are a secondary consumer. As a secondary consumer, you are consuming meat from an animal that ate plants (primary consumer) or other animals (secondary consumers) in the food chain.
Is this statement true or false All predators are secondary consumers while all prey are primary consumers Explain?
True. Any animal that eats a herbivore can be called a secondary consumer. The reason for this is because a herbivore consumes plants (producers), so the herbivore is known as a primary consumer. The secondary consumer would feed on the primary consumer, which is why it's called a secondary consumer, and the herbivore is called a primary consumer. So the order is - The plant is the producer, the herbivore (which eats plants) is the primary consumer, the animal that eats the herbivore (the primary consumer) is the secondary consumer, and the animal that eats the secondary consumer (the animal that eats the herbivore) is known as the tertiary consumer. If you want to go even farther, the animal that eats the tertiary consumer is known as the Quaternary consumer. An example would be a flower (the producer) that is fed upon by a grasshopper (the primary consumer). A rat or mouse (the secondary consumer) feeds on the grasshopper, and a snake (the tertiary consumer) feeds on the mouse/rat. Finally, a hawk (the quaternary consumer) feeds upon the snake. Thus completing the cycle. A secondary consumer can also be a primary consumer too (a herbivore), if it's able to feed on a herbivore as well as plants. Laura~ This is absoulotley true. I was asking this question too, thanks again.
Is a limpet a producer or consumer?
A limpet is a consumer. Limpets are herbivores that feed on algae, which makes them primary consumers in the food chain.
What is the role of a primary consumer in an ecosystem?
Wading birds.
What animal that is a primary consumer?
A rabbit
Is a cheetah a primary or secondary consumer why?
the cheetah is a primary animal
What's a sentence with the word primary consumer in it?
A primary consumer makes their own food.
What are animal called in a food chain?
Primary consumer, secondary consumer, main consumer
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 animal is a herbivore or primary consumer?
A termite.
What is a animal primary consumer?
Any strict herbivore.
If a animal eats both a primary consumer and a secondary consumer.What does that make the animal?
a hungry bear I mean (sp) what consumer does that make the animal? primary secondary triestairy(sp) quastrain(sp)
When is an animal a primary consumers?
Ones that are herbivorous, like rabbits that eat the crops.
What type of consumer feeds directly on a producer?
A primary consumer feeds on producers. For example, cows eat grass which makes cows a primary consumer.
The animal that forms the second level of the food chain are?
you call an animal that eats a producer (a plant which gets its energy from the sun) a primary consumer. something that eats a primary consumer is called a secondary consumer. Something that eats this is called a tertiary consumer.
When Mary eats a producer which makes her a?
Primary consumer
