Question

To which category ‘Hawk’ can be classified?

(a) Primary consumer

(b) Secondary consumer

(c) Tertiary consumer

(d) Quaternary consumer

The question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

This interesting question is from Consumers topic in chapter Ecosystems of Energy Management

Answer 1

Right option is (c) Tertiary consumer

Best explanation: Tertiary consumer is a third level consumer. It is at the third level of energy transfer. An example for this is hawk. Lizard which are primary consumer. This lizard is eat by deer and this deer is eaten by hawk. Hence hawk is a tertiary consumer.