Question

this diagram shows a food chain from a grassland ecosystem in wyoming. the arrows show how the matter eaten by organisms moves through the food chain.
select each organism below that is a secondary consumer in this food chain.

Explanation:

In a food chain, producers (like wild oat) make their own food. Primary consumers (e.g., white - tailed jackrabbit) eat producers. Secondary consumers eat primary consumers. Long - tailed weasel eats white - tailed jackrabbit (a primary consumer), so it is a secondary consumer. Red fox and coyote are higher - level consumers (tertiary or top predators in this chain, but if we consider the basic consumer levels and the given options, we focus on the role relative to the immediate prey).

Answer:

Long - tailed weasel.