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Bacteria are consumers because they obtain nutrients by breaking down organic matter. They can be primary, secondary, or tertiary consumers depending on their position in the food chain.

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Is bacteria a producer or consumer?

Bacteria can be either a producer or a consumer. Some bacteria are autotrophic and can produce their own food through processes like photosynthesis, making them producers. Other bacteria are heterotrophic and rely on consuming organic matter for energy, making them consumers.


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 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


What is after the producer in the food chain?

After the producer in the food chain comes the primary consumer, which is usually an herbivore that feeds directly on the producer.


How do producers differ from consumers?

A producer is always at the beginning of a food chain. A producer will always be a plant. A primary consumer eats the producer. The secondary consumer eats the primary consumer. The scavenger comes next (if it gets there before the decomposer.) The decomposer will always be last. Example: (where there is a scavenger) grass --> rabbit --> fox --> vulture --> mushroom producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, scavenger, decomposer