Consumers (food chain)

An emu is a herbivorous consumer, feeding primarily on plants such as grasses, leaves, fruits, and seeds. They are considered primary consumers in the food chain.

In the producer, energy is lost through growth, respiration and other life processes. It's the same in the consumer - excretion, respiration, movement, growth and other life processes all account for the vast amounts of energy that are lost in a food chain. This explains why food chains don't normally last longer than 4 stages - producer, consumer, secondary consumer and tertiary consumer.

It is called a quaternary consumer. Fifth is quinary.

Some secondary consumers in the prairie ecosystem include carnivorous animals like coyotes, foxes, badgers, and hawks. These animals feed on primary consumers such as rodents, insects, and other small mammals.

1st level consumers are any heterotrophs (animals that do not harvest food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis) that eat producers (plants, bacteria, things that make their own food). 2nd level consumers are carnivores or omnivores that eat 1st level consumers, and the 3rd eats 2nd, and so on and so forth.

Well a 3rd level consumer is a decomposer second is a carnivore first is a herbivore

Yes, a primary consumer refers to an organism in an ecosystem that feeds on producers, while a consumer is a broader term that refers to any organism that consumes other organisms for food. Therefore, all primary consumers are consumers, but not all consumers are primary consumers.

Beacause if there are too many primary consumers than the producer, the equilibreum or tha balance of nature will be gone,, there will be no more producers in the world if there are too many 1st order consumer, and if there are too many 2nd order consumer there will be an increase number of dangerous animals because mostly 2nd order consumers are carnivores and dangerous and the equilibrium will beunstabble.

No, humans are generally considered to be third or fourth order consumers in the ocean food web. Fifth order consumers would typically be predators that feed on organisms like marine mammals, large fish, or squid that consume organisms lower in the food chain.

A bluegill is a consumer because it obtains its energy by consuming other organisms, typically small invertebrates and aquatic insects. It does not produce its own energy through photosynthesis like a producer would.

I would think it is the other way around...

Consumers eat what producers produce.

In biology you often have a symbiotic relationship.

A plant will consume carbon dioxide and produce sugars, fats, and carbohydrates (and other molecules).

Animals will consume the plant matter and produce carbon dioxide. Without the animals (and microorganisms) producing carbon dioxide, all plants would essentially starve and die.

Other symbiotic relationships also exist. Nitrogen is the most common element in our atmosphere in the elemental dimer form N2. All plants and animals require Nitrogen to survive, however, few can actually use it in the elemental form, rather they require it to be bound to hydrogen and carbon atoms, for example ammonia (NH3).

Clover is considered a Nitrogen Fixer because it has bacteria living on its roots that convert the atmospheric nitrogen into a usable form. These bacteria supply Nitrogen to the clover, and the clover provides nutrients to the bacteria. Other plants will consume plant and animal matter that has already undergone this conversion.

Lichens are also a type of plant that have formed a close symbiotic relationship between the photosynthetic plant part and the fungal part, each sharing and consuming nutrients.

Yes it is B/c they dont eat worms

Special consumers play a critical role in maintaining ecosystem balance by controlling population sizes of other organisms. They help regulate the flow of energy and nutrients within the ecosystem by feeding on certain species. Without them, populations of certain species could grow uncontrollably, leading to disruptions in the ecosystem.

A jaguar is a consumer. Jaguars are carnivores that eat other animals but do not produce their own food.

yes because it does not produce energy, but eats producers such as muskrats and mallard ducks.

In Colorado forests, primary consumers typically include herbivores such as deer, elk, rabbits, and rodents that feed directly on plants and grasses. These animals rely on vegetation as their primary food source and play a key role in energy transfer within the ecosystem.

no, herring are not consumers to which scientists have acknowledged because they eat plankton,phytoplankton,algae, and kelp

At each trophic level in a food chain, energy is lost as heat through metabolic processes like respiration, movement, and growth. This leads to less energy being available to consumers at higher levels in the food chain because a significant portion of the original energy input has already been used up by the lower trophic levels.

If we didnt have different consumers then all of the producers would all run out and then all the consumer would die because there would be no more producers. that's why you need different ones.

A small biomass of producers can support a consumer population when there is enough energy available from the producers to sustain the consumer species. This relationship is dependent on factors such as energy transfer efficiency and the specific nutritional requirements of the consumer species. If the producers can replenish their biomass efficiently and there is minimal energy loss along the food chain, a small biomass of producers can indeed support a consumer population.

It is a producer because it makes its own food.

A herbivore refers to an organism that mainly eats plants or plant-based food, while a consumer is a more general term that refers to any organism that consumes food to obtain energy. Herbivores are a type of consumer that specifically eats plants.

A producer is always at the beginning of a food chain. A producer will always be a plant. A primary consumer eats the producer. The secondary consumer eats the primary consumer. The scavenger comes next (if it gets there before the decomposer.) The decomposer will always be last.

Example: (where there is a scavenger)

grass --> rabbit --> fox --> vulture --> mushroom

producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, scavenger, decomposer

a beaver is a Consumer

No, a redwood is not a consumer. Redwoods are large trees that belong to the producer category in the food chain because they produce their own food through photosynthesis.

Adaptation is a process where a population becomes better suited to survive in it's environment. The three types of adaption are as follows:

Morphological Adaptation: The actual structure of an animal's body parts that adapts to its environment. For example, birds have certain beaks that allow them to adapt to the types of foods they eat.

Behavioral Adaptation: This can be passed along through genetics. Good examples are birds flying south for winter or squirrels nesting.

Physiological Adaptation: This describes how the body works and adapts. For example, it could be that cows have specific digestive procedures to help digest the grass and food they eat. A change in the animal's diet can lead to a physiological adaptation.