A predator is an animal that eats other animals, and the prey is
the animal that gets eaten by the predator. In the food chain
above: the frog is a predator and the grasshopper is its prey. the
hawk is a predator and the frog is its prey.
Next come organisms that eat
the autotrophs; these organisms
are called herbivores or primary
consumers -- an example is a
rabbit that eats grass. The next
link in the chain is animals that
eat herbivores - these are called
secondary consumers -- an
example is a snake that eat
rabbits.
Next come
organisms that
eat the
autotrophs;
these
organisms are
called
herbivores or
primary
consumers --
an example is a
rabbit that eats
grass. The next
link in the
chain is
animals that
eat herbivores
- these are
called
secondary
consumers --
an example is a
snake that eat
rabbits.
Plants are called producers. This
is because they produce their own
food! They do this by using light
energy from the Sun, carbon
dioxide from the air and water
from the soil to produce food - in
the form of glucouse/sugar.