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What are primary consumers?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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An organism that gets its energy from producers (plants/autotrophs). It is the first heterotroph on a food chain.

Primary consumers are the first consumers in line after the producer. They are normally the herbivores that eat the producer.

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A primary consumer is an animal that gets its energy from plants. It is also called an herbivore. A few examples of herbivores include cows, moose, Gazelles, rabbits and elephants.

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it is plants they are the primary consumers

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The primary consumers of solar energy are plants. They convert solar energy into usable energy through a process call photosynthesis.

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hey listen i am the one who asked the question so, um, excuse me but um, help me out okay cause you ain't trying to get the answers, i am, so please give me an answer.

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The top ten are, in descending order, USA, China, Japan, Russia, Germany, India, Canada, Brazil, South Korea, Saudi Arabia.

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Any animal that consumes plants,mainly herbivores. example goats,caterpillars, etc.

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