a) PRODUCERS
b)SECONDARY CONSUMERS
c)PRIMARY CONSUMERS
d)DECOMPOSERS
b)SECONDARY CONSUMERS
c)PRIMARY CONSUMERS
d)DECOMPOSERS
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It is indeed C.
The plants the herbivores eat would be the producers (they produce glucose via photosynthesis).
The herbivore is the primary consumer; this is the organism that eats the plants for energy.
Carnivores and omnivores would be secondary consumers. When we eat chicken, beef or other meats, we are gaining chemical energy stored in glucose molecules (and glycogen, long chains of glucose called 'animal starch') which will be used in the mitochondria of our cells to produce ATP for all of the chemical energy our cells need, in the process called cellular respiration. We can also eat fruits and vegetables, but we cannot break down plant starch (cellulose) so we gain roughage for our digestive systems and various vitamins and sugars which are stored in the fruits and vegetables.
Decomposers are organisms like certain bacteria. which break down animal tissue so that it can be returned to the soil, which is why we are not hip-deep in animals hit by cars and is also why organisms begin to decay shortly after death; the immune system isn't working anymore, so bacteria have free rein on the tissues.
The plants the herbivores eat would be the producers (they produce glucose via photosynthesis).
The herbivore is the primary consumer; this is the organism that eats the plants for energy.
Carnivores and omnivores would be secondary consumers. When we eat chicken, beef or other meats, we are gaining chemical energy stored in glucose molecules (and glycogen, long chains of glucose called 'animal starch') which will be used in the mitochondria of our cells to produce ATP for all of the chemical energy our cells need, in the process called cellular respiration. We can also eat fruits and vegetables, but we cannot break down plant starch (cellulose) so we gain roughage for our digestive systems and various vitamins and sugars which are stored in the fruits and vegetables.
Decomposers are organisms like certain bacteria. which break down animal tissue so that it can be returned to the soil, which is why we are not hip-deep in animals hit by cars and is also why organisms begin to decay shortly after death; the immune system isn't working anymore, so bacteria have free rein on the tissues.
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C. primary consumers because The primary consumer is the first consumer that consumes energy in a food chain. Since plants produce the sugars that are used for energy, the things that eat them are the closest to consuming the energy