Difference between revisions of "Consumer"

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A consumer is a creature the eats other creatures.

Singular Noun: Consumer

Plural Noun: 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.


In this food chain the bush is the producer and the gazelle and cheetah are consumers.

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

A consumer is an organism that feeds off other organisms.

: 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.

Consumers can be labelled as primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary, depending on where they are in a food chain.


In this food chain the giraffe is a primary consumer and the lion is a secondary consumer.

In this food chain the grasshopper, pied flycatcher, skunk and vulture are all consumers.

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 ===Meaning===
 A '''consumer''' is an [[organism]] that feeds off other [[organisms]].
+===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]].
+: [[Consumer]]s can be labelled as primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary, depending on where they are in a [[Food Chain|food chain]].
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+|[[File:FoodChain5.png|center|600px]]
+|-
+| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the [[giraffe]] is a primary [[consumer]] and the [[lion]] is a secondary [[consumer]].
+|-
+|[[File:FoodChain6.png|center|600px]]
+|-
+| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the grasshopper, pied flycatcher, skunk and vulture are all [[consumer]]s.
+|}