Consumers
The next organisms that feed off of the producers are called consumers. As well as food, the consumers get their energy from the producers (ex: grass, algae, phytoplankton). There are different types of consumers:
- Herbivores (or primary consumers): eat only plants and plant products, for example: grasshoppers, mice, rabbits, deer, beavers, moose, cows, sheep, goats and groundhogs.
- Carnivores (or secondary consumers): eat meat and other animals, for example: foxes, frogs, snakes, hawks, and spiders. The prefix "carne" means meat.
- Omnivores (also secondary consumers): eat both plants and other animals, for example: bears, turtles, monkeys and squirrels.
- Herbivores (or primary consumers): eat only plants and plant products, for example: grasshoppers, mice, rabbits, deer, beavers, moose, cows, sheep, goats and groundhogs.
- Carnivores (or secondary consumers): eat meat and other animals, for example: foxes, frogs, snakes, hawks, and spiders. The prefix "carne" means meat.
- Omnivores (also secondary consumers): eat both plants and other animals, for example: bears, turtles, monkeys and squirrels.
Herbivores are consumers that feed on plants.
Carnivores are animals who eat the meat of other animals.
Omnivores are consumers who eat plants and meat. These animals can vary in size from a small chipmunk to a large bear.