Difference between revisions of "Consumer"
(→About Consumers) |
|||
| Line 51: | Line 51: | ||
: [[Consumer]]s may be [[Primary Consumer|primary]] [[Secondary Consumer|secondary]], [[Tertiary Consumer|tertiary]] or [[Quaternary Consumer|quaternary consumers]]. | : [[Consumer]]s may be [[Primary Consumer|primary]] [[Secondary Consumer|secondary]], [[Tertiary Consumer|tertiary]] or [[Quaternary Consumer|quaternary consumers]]. | ||
: [[Consumer]]s are usually either [[animal]]s or [[fungi]]. | : [[Consumer]]s are usually either [[animal]]s or [[fungi]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===References=== | ||
| + | ====Edexcel==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948120/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948120&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=dedef775c6a43dbb0a609441525adac0 ''Consumers, page 289, GCSE Biology, CGP, Edexcel ''] | ||
Revision as of 02:01, 17 November 2019
Contents
Key Stage 2
Meaning
A consumer is a creature the eats other creatures.
About Consumers
- A consumer cannot make its own food so it must eat other creatures.
- A consumer might eat a producer, or it might eat another consumer.
Examples
 |
| In this food chain the bush is the producer and the gazelle and cheetah are consumers. |
 |
| In this food chain the grass is the producer and the grasshopper, baboon and cheetah are all consumers. |
Key Stage 3
Meaning
A consumer is an organism that feeds off other organisms.
About Consumers
- A consumer cannot make its own food so it must eat other creatures.
- A consumer might eat a producer, or it might eat another consumer.
- Consumers can be labelled as primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary, depending on where they are in a food chain.
 |
| In this food chain the giraffe is a primary consumer and the lion is a secondary consumer. |
 |
| In this food chain the grasshopper, pied flycatcher, skunk and vulture are all consumers. |
Key Stage 4
Meaning
About Consumers
- Consumers are in the second trophic level or higher.
- Consumers may be primary secondary, tertiary or quaternary consumers.
- Consumers are usually either animals or fungi.