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Salmon eat herring, minnows, etc. (primary consumers) herring and minnows eat plankton (primary consumers), therefore, salmon are secondary consumers.
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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.
What eats secondary consumers?
The secondary consumers are the one which depend on primary consumers.Primary consumers: These are herbivores, like cattle, sheep , goat etc which feed on plant materials.secondary consumers: These depend upon primary consumers like tiger, lion, human, frogs etc.
Are spiders first level consumer?
yes it is because secondary consumers eat primary consumers, primary consumers eat only vegetation and plants. spider's eat small insects like flies, flies are primary consumers
Are birds a first or secondary consumer?
A primary consumer eats the producer, a secondary consumer eats the primary consumer. For example grass (producer) is eaten by rabbits (primary consumer) who are eaten by foxes (secondary consumer).
Is an owl a primary or secondary consumer?
It is a secondary consumer, it eats rodents and insects which are mostly primary consumers.
How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers?
primary consumers are herbivores and secondary consumers are carnivores so secondary consumers eat primary consumers
Make a food chain with a producer and 3 consumers?
In a food chain, there are four crucial members. There are the primary producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers. An example of a food chain can be found in a stream found in a forest. The primary producers would be plant like producers such as algae that produce food energy for the primary consumers which would be small microorganisms, or very small fish. The secondary consumers such as salmon will feed on these primary consumers for food. The tertiary consumers such as bears will feed on the secondary consumers for their food.
Are primary carnivores consumers?
No! Carnivores are secondary consumers. Herbivores are primary consumers.
Are mice primary or secondary consumers?
Rats are primary consumers. This means they will eat almost everything. In the wild, primary consumers provide nutrition for secondary consumers.
What is the relationship between a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?
A primary consumer obtains its energy from producers (i.e. plants). Therefore a rabbit is a primary consumer because it eats grass and other plants. A secondary consumer eats primary consumers, therefore they do not get their energy directly from plants.The fox that eats the rabbit would be a secondary consumer.
Are Carnivores primary or secondary consumer?
Secondary consumers - primary consumers are the herbivores
What is a secondary primary and Tertiary consumer?
Primary consumers eat primary producers(plant-eaters). Secondary consumers eat primary consumers (meat-eaters) Tertiary consumers eat secondary consumers. Quaternary consumers eat tertiary consumers.
What are primary secondary and tertiary consumers in the tropical rain forest?
primary consumers are the consumers which feed upon the producers secondary consumers are the consumers which feed upon the primary consumers tertiary consumers are the consumers which feed upon the secondary consumers
What do consumers eat secondary consumers?
Secondary Consumers eat other primary consumers. Primary consumers eat plants or producers.
Are people primary consumers or secondary consumers?
Humans are omnivores which makes them both primary and secondary consumers.
Is a rat a primary consumers or secondary consumers?
is a rat a primary consumer or a secondary consumer or a primary consumer
Is a lion a secondary or primary consumer?
Lions are secondary consumers. They feed on primary consumers.
