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(1) The fly is a consumer because it feeds on other organisms for survival

(2) the fly can also be viewed as a decomposer because it feeds on the bodies of dead, rotting organisms and the waste of living organisms and converts the matter back into soil components that can then be used as nutrients by plants growing in the soil

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What type of consumer always follows a producer in a food chain?

The primary consumer


Is a jaguar a primary consumer?

it is a consumer because it does not make it's own food so it is a consumer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ONLY organisms that are producers are the plants.


Is a clam a primary consumer?

No, a clam is not a primary consumer. Clams are filter feeders that primarily consume phytoplankton and other microscopic organisms, making them secondary consumers in the food chain. Primary consumers are organisms that consume producers, such as plants or algae, directly.


What is the trophic level of a jaguar?

The trophic level a chicken is at is the secondary consumer level. Since they are omnivores, they eat other animals and plants but also get eaten themselves by other predators.


Consumers that eat plants?

There are basically three levels of consumers: primary, secondary and top level consumer. Primary consumers include organisms which feed on the producers, that is to say, green plants. Herbivores are included under this category. Secondary consumers include those organisms which feed on primary consumers. They indirectly derive nutrition from the producers. Top level consumers are those which feed on either primary or secondary consumers or both. consider a food chain like this: plant -> rat -> snake -> predatory bird in this food chain, the first level consumer is rat(herbivore) while snake is second level(carnivore) and finally a predatory bird which feeds on both rat and snake, which makes it a top level consumer.