Whats a primary consumer

Answer 1

A primary consumer is an organism that consumes producers (typically plants) directly. It does not consume any other consumers.

Terms of the food chain:

producer-a living creature that makes food and energy by itself through a process called photosynthesis.

primary consumer - a consumer that gets energy from eating plants; typically a herbivore

secondary consumer - a consumer that gets energy from eating primary consumers; a carnivore

tertiary consumer - a high level consumer, which is usually the top predator in the ecosystem and/or food chain.

Producers are formally called autotrophs, while consumers are known as heterotrophs.

Answer 2

took me forever to find it in my Biology book...the primary consumer is the first consumer to eat the producers(usually herbivores), like the energy pyramid you know? producers-primary consumers-secondary consumers-tertiary consumers. one level eats the one below it. if the grass was a producer, bunnies would be the primary consumers, wolves would be the secondary consumer, and cougars would be the tertiary consumers

Answer 3

A primary consumer is an organism that primarily feeds on producers (plants or algae) to obtain energy. They occupy the second trophic level in a food chain or food web. Examples include herbivores like rabbits, deer, and grasshoppers.