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What is the meaning of second order consumer?
A second-order consumer, also known as a secondary consumer, refers to an organism that primarily feeds on primary consumers (herbivores). In a food chain, they occupy the third trophic level, following primary producers (plants) and primary consumers. Examples of second-order consumers include carnivores and omnivores that eat herbivores. Their role is crucial in maintaining ecological balance by regulating primary consumer populations.
What is rhe definitoin of primary consumer?
A primary consumer is a heterotrophic organism that attains its energy by consuming producers (plants). A primary, or first order, consumer, will always b a herbivore, sicne a consumer by definition must consume other organisms.
An organism that feeds upon producers is known as a?
predator
What is a 2nd level consumer?
A 2nd level consumer is an organism that primarily feeds on 1st level consumers (herbivores) in an ecological food chain. These organisms are also known as primary carnivores and play an important role in controlling the population of herbivores in an ecosystem.
An organism that feeds on the blood of a live rabbit is known as?
A Parisite, because it benefits from its host in this case the rabbit is harmed
What is a organism that feeds on larger organisms?
A organism that feeds on another organism is called a parasite. The action of this occuring is called parasitism which is when one organism recieves benefits from the other by causing damage to it.
Primary consumers are also known as what?
Producers
What is the meaning of first level consumer?
The food chain goes Producer > Primary > Secondary > Tertiary Primary consumers eat producers, which are organisms that use photosynthesis to produce energy. Do not let people tell you that only plants go through photosynthesis. Cyanobacteria and algae do as well. And no, algae is not a plant.
What is a parasite and what does it feed on?
A parasite is an organism that feeds on (and may live inside, or be attached to) another organism without killing it (in comparison to a predator which kills and eats other organisms). The organism upon which a parasite feeds is known as the host.
What organism feeds other organism because it cannot make its own food?
A heterotroph (also known as a consumer) feeds on other organisms. Autotrophs (also known as producers) create food, almost always through photosynthesis.
Is a penguin a consumer primary?
Penguins are not a primary consumer. They are known as secondary consumers as they eat small fish. Those small fish are primary consumers.
What kind of consumer are gray wolves?
A Wolfe is a meat eater. Thoughe Wolfes and other canine are known to eat grass if they have dygestove problems
