Food Webs and Ecosystems

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. 


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Herbivores are consumers that feed on plants.


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Carnivores are animals who eat the meat of other animals.


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Omnivores are consumers who eat plants and meat. These animals can vary in size from a small chipmunk to a large bear.


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