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===Meaning===
 
===Meaning===
 
A '''consumer''' is a creature the eats other creatures.
 
A '''consumer''' is a creature the eats other creatures.
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: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Consumer'''
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: Plural [[Noun]]: '''Consumers'''
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===About Consumers===
 
===About Consumers===
 
: A '''consumer''' cannot make its own food so it must eat other creatures.
 
: A '''consumer''' cannot make its own food so it must eat other creatures.

Revision as of 13:53, 16 August 2018

Key Stage 2

Meaning

A consumer is a creature the eats other creatures.

Singular Noun: Consumer
Plural Noun: Consumers

About Consumers

A consumer cannot make its own food so it must eat other creatures.
A consumer might eat a producer, or it might eat another consumer.


Examples

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In this food chain the bush is the producer and the gazelle and cheetah are consumers.
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In this food chain the grass is the producer and the grasshopper, baboon and cheetah are all consumers.


Key Stage 3

Meaning

A consumer is an organism that feeds off other organisms.