Question

question 22
in the food chain grass → antelope → human → lion, the antelope is ______.
○ both a producer and a primary consumer
○ both an herbivore and a secondary consumer
○ both an herbivore and a primary consumer
○ a secondary consumer only

Explanation:

• Producers are organisms that make their own food (like grass via photosynthesis).
• Primary consumers eat producers. Antelopes eat grass (herbivores), so they are primary consumers.
• Secondary consumers eat primary consumers (humans eat antelopes in this chain).

Answer:

both an herbivore and a primary consumer