Question

choose the correct answer. which of the following best describes a secondary consumer (ex: bird) in a food chain? an organism that eats the primary consumers of the second trophic level an organism that decomposes dead organisms and waste an organism that eats the producers/autotrophs of the first trophic level

Explanation:

In a food chain, the first trophic level consists of producers (autotrophs). Primary consumers (herbivores) eat these producers and are at the second trophic level. Secondary consumers eat primary consumers. Decomposers break down dead organisms and waste.

Answer:

an organism that eats the primary consumers of the second trophic level