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An apex predator and a tertiary consumer are not necessarily the same, although they can overlap. An apex predator is at the top of the food chain with no natural predators, while a tertiary consumer is an organism that feeds on secondary consumers. While many apex predators are also tertiary consumers, not all tertiary consumers are apex predators, as some may be preyed upon by others.
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What is the 5th consumer in a food chain?
The 5th consumer in a food chain would typically be a tertiary consumer. This means it is an organism that consumes secondary consumers, which in turn eat primary consumers that feed on producers. Examples of tertiary consumers include top predators like lions or eagles.
What is the last thing on a food chain called?
The last thing on a food chain is called the top predator or apex predator. This is the organism that is at the highest trophic level and typically has no natural predators of its own.
What best describes the ecosystems on earth apex?
An apex predator, also known as an alpha predator or top predator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators. Apex predators are usually defined in terms of trophic dynamics, meaning that they occupy the highest trophic levels. Food chains are often far shorter on land, usually limited to being secondary consumers – for example, wolves prey mostly upon large herbivores (primary consumers), which eat plants (primary producers). The apex predator concept is applied in wildlife management, conservation and ecotourism.
Is an shark a primary consumer?
No. Primary consumers are herbivores (vegetarian). They eat plants, not other animals. A shark would be at least a tertiary consumer as the fish it eats, eat other fish, which eat other fish, which eat krill, which eat zooplankton, which eat phytoplankton.
How many trophic levels are there in the food chain phytoplankton shrimp perch pike osprey?
5
What are quaternary consumers?
what is a quaternary consumer:The Quaternary consumer is the predator that eats the Tertiary consumer. This is an example of the order a food chain goes in:Grass - Grasshopper - Rat - Snake - Hawk - HumanGrass is the Producer and is eaten by the Primary consumer.Grasshopper is the Primary consumer and is eaten by the Secondary consumer.Rat is the Secondary consumer and is eaten by the Tertiary consumer.Snake is the Tertiary consumer and is eaten by the Quaternary consumer.Hawk is the Quaternary consumer and is the apex predator at the top of the food chain.
What is the 5th consumer in a food chain?
The 5th consumer in a food chain would typically be a tertiary consumer. This means it is an organism that consumes secondary consumers, which in turn eat primary consumers that feed on producers. Examples of tertiary consumers include top predators like lions or eagles.
Is a lion a first order consumer?
Yes, it is an apex predator.
Is a wolf a producer consumer or decomposer?
The red wolf is an Apex predator.
Is an eagle a primary consumer?
Perhaps the term you are seaching for is 'apex predator'.
Why a lion a seondary consumer?
A lion is not a secondary it is a primary and apex predator.
If a red tailed hawk eats birds and small mammals would it be a tertiary or a secondary consumer?
It would be a tertiary consumer. The odds are high that at least some of the birds and small mammals that the hawk eats eat other animals. An adult red-tailed hawk could also be considered an apex predator because it has almost no predation.
What type of consumer is an cougar?
A cougar is generally the apex predator in its range. It is an obligate carnivore.
Does the tertiary consumer get as much energy as the primary consumer?
yes because it is the last consumer that needs energy
Which organism is a secondary consumer in the food web?
A secondary consumer would eat a primary consumer/other consumers. They would be carnivores.
Why is the ocean food chain pretty long?
The ocean food chain is pretty long and it contains about 10 links. The primary consumer is the zooplankton, which is the smallest animal in the world, the size of a tiny pencil dot but still can be seen with a naked eye and the apex predator is the whale, which is the novenary consumer. The blue whale is the biggest animal in the world and most scientists estimated that about quintillions of zooplanktons can make up the blue whale size. Ocean Food Chain: Sun>Seaweed>Zooplankton>Plankton>Krill>Shrimp>Small Fish>Medium Fish>Big Fish>Shark>Whale Trophic Level Classification: Seaweed~Producer Zooplankton~Primary Consumer Plankton~Secondary Consumer Krill~Tertiary Consumer Shrimp~Quaternary Consumer Small Fish~Quinary Consumer Medium Fish~Senary Consumer Big Fish~Septenary Consumer Shark~Octonary Consumer Whale~Novenary Consumer or Apex Predator The whales usually eat sharks as their normal food diet. The whale is the ocean's apex predator, not the shark.
How do you use Apex predator in a sentence?
The wolf is the apex predator in a forest habitat
