Question

In the following tropic levels of plants followed by rabbit flowed by fox. Here fox belongs to______________

(a) Primary producer

(b) Primary consumers

(c) Secondary producers

(d) Secondary consumers

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The question is from Consumers in section Ecosystems of Energy Management

Answer 1

Right choice is (d) Secondary consumers

The explanation: In the above tropic levels plants are primary producers and it belongs to first tropic level. Rabbit eat primary producers and it belongs to the second tropic level which is primary consumers. Fox which eat rabbit is secondary consumer.