Answer:
False. Primary consumers, also known as herbivores, typically receive energy indirectly from the sun through consuming plants or other autotrophic organisms. They do not directly receive energy from the sun but rather obtain it from consuming producers (plants) that have converted solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis. The efficiency of energy transfer from one trophic level to another is usually less than 1%, with estimates ranging from around 5% to 20%.
