Question

this diagram shows a food chain from bylot island, a tundra ecosystem in canada. the short - tailed weasel is a carnivore. why? it eats a consumer. it makes its own food. it eats a producer.

Explanation:

Carnivores are animals that eat other animals (consumers). In the food chain, the short - tailed weasel eats the collared lemming (a consumer). Producers (like bear sedge) make their own food through photosynthesis. If an animal ate a producer, it would be a herbivore. Since the short - tailed weasel eats a consumer (the collared lemming), it fits the definition of a carnivore.

Answer:

It eats a consumer.