In a food chain, secondary producers are _______.

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 06 Dec 2022 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is "Herbivores".

Key Points

In a food chain, secondary producers are herbivores.
Herbivores are those organisms that feed on trees, plants, and fruits.
It is food for a predator.
Secondary producers are also consumers.
Most herbivores have wide flat teeth that help them to grind grass, tree parts, etc.

Additional Information

Food chain - It is an order of events occurring in the ecosystem, it shows one living organism eating another.
The food chain consists of :
- Producers
- Primary consumers
- Secondary consumers
- Tertiary consumers
The producers
- are the ones that produce food.
- these include all the autotrophs, like phytoplankton, green plants, etc.
Consumers
- these are dependent on other organisms or plants for food.
- includes herbivores, carnivores, etc.
Omnivores - Organisms that eat both plants and animals.
Carnivores - Organisms that eat animals.
Decomposers - These feed on dead and decaying things.