Question

this diagram shows a food chain from monterey bay, an ocean ecosystem off the coast of california. the orca is a predator. why? it hunts and eats a consumer. it eats a producer. it makes its own food.

Explanation:

In a food chain, producers (like kelp) make their own food. Consumers eat other organisms. Predators are consumers that hunt and eat other consumers. The orca eats the sea lion (a consumer), so the first option is correct. The second option is wrong because orca doesn't eat producers. The third option is wrong because only producers make their own food.

Answer:

It hunts and eats a consumer.