alleryStart learning →Herbivores that consume the primary producers are called:
APrimary consumers
BPrimary producers
CTertiary consumers
DChief decomposers
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Primary consumers
1. Consumers are numbered by how far they sit from the producers.
2. Primary producers form the base of a food chain.
3. The organisms that consume the primary producers are herbivores.
4. Those herbivores are the primary consumers.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 46 'Ecosystems', sections 46.1-46.3_
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