FOOD CHAIN INFO:
When drawing your food chain diagram, make sure to add in primary, secondary and tertiary (if there are any) animals.
Please read below for descriptions of each level:
- Primary producers (organisms that make their own food from sunlight and/or chemical energy from deep sea vents) are the base of every food chain - these organisms are called autotrophs.
- Primary consumers are animals that eat primary producers; they are also called herbivores (plant-eaters).
- Secondary consumers eat primary consumers. They are carnivores (meat-eaters) and omnivores (animals that eat both animals and plants).
- Tertiary consumers eat secondary consumers.
- Quaternary consumers eat tertiary consumers.
- Food chains "end" with top predators, animals that have little or no natural enemies.
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