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Plants are the primary consumers of the sun's energy. Plants convert the energy into food for themselves and other creatures. Animals eat the plants, thereby transferring their energy to the animal. A plant that produces its own food by using the sun's energy is called an autotroph.

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Are consumers organisms that get solar or other energy indirectly?

Consumers are heterotrophs and do not get their energy directly, but by eating organisms that do, or by eating other consumers. Herbivores are primary consumers, predators are secondary or higher. Detrivores consume the dead matter left by either producers, or consumers, or both.


What are the primary consumers of coal?

The primary consumers of coal would be energy companies burning it to create energy.


Who is a consumer of solar energy?

The main consumers of solar energy would be human beings.


How do primary consumers obtain carbon?

Every producer gets its energy from the sun its called photosynthesis.


Who are the consumers of solar energy?

Plants are the primary consumers of the sun's energy. Plants convert the energy into food for themselves and other creatures. Animals eat the plants, thereby transferring their energy to the animal. A plant that produces its own food by using the sun's energy is called an autotroph.


How much energy do secondary consumers get from the sun?

Secondary consumers obtain energy indirectly from the sun through the food chain. They primarily eat primary consumers (herbivores), which have already converted solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis in plants. Typically, only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is transferred to the next, so secondary consumers receive a fraction of the solar energy originally captured by plants. Overall, the energy they ultimately derive from the sun is significantly diminished by the time it reaches them.


Where primary consumers get their energy?

through what they eat


Where is a snail on an energy pyramid?

Primary Consumers


Are deer primary consumers?

Yes, deer are considered primary consumers because they primarily feed on plants as their main source of energy. They play a crucial role in transferring energy from plants to higher trophic levels in the ecosystem.


What are secondary and primary consumers?

Primary consumers feed on producers (plants) and secondary consumers feed on primary consumers. For example, rabbits are primary consumers because they feed on vegetation. Foxes are secondary consumers because they feed on rabbits.


Who are the primary consumers of hydroelectric energy?

Canada and Brazil


What eats primary consumers?

Primary Consumers, also known as Herbivores, are named as such because they eat apostrophes such as plants and algae. Apostrophes store the energy of the sun and Primary Consumers (primary meaning first) are the first to extract this energy from the apostrophes. Primary Consumers are complex organisms that can only be eaten by other organisms; such organisms are called Carnivores.