Question

According to the food chain, label the following organisms appropriately. 1. secondary consumer grass 2. primary consumer wolf 3. producer mouse 4. tertiary consumer cat

Answer 1

Answer:

According to food chain, given below are labeled organisms:

Grass = Producers

Mouse = primary consumer

Cat = Secondary consumer

Wolf = Tertiary consumer

Explanation:

• Producers: It comes first in food chain and mainly these are plants.
• Primary consumers: They consumes the producers directly.
• Secondary consumers: They consume primary consumers.
• Tertiary consumer: They consume secondary consumers.

Answer 2

Answer:

Grass - primary producer

Mouse - primary consumer

Cat - Secondary consumer

Wolf - Tertiary consumer

Explanation:

Food chain, in ecology, is the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism.

Primary producer - During photosynthesis, primary producers take energy from the sun and produce it into energy, sugar, and oxygen.

Primary consumer - Primary consumers are herbivores, feeding on plants. Caterpillars, insects, grasshoppers, termites and hummingbirds are all examples of primary consumers

Secondary consumers - are carnivores, and prey on other animals. Omnivores, who feed on both plants and animals,

Tertiary consumer - Tertiary consumers can be either fully carnivorous or omnivorous. Humans are an example of a tertiary consumer.