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==Key Stage 2=====Meaning===A '''consumer''' is a creature the eats other creatures. : Singular [[Noun]]: '''Consumer''': Plural [[Noun]]: '''Consumers''' ===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==={| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:FoodChain3.png|center|600px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the bush is the [[producer]] and the gazelle and cheetah are [[Consumer|consumers]].|-|[[File:FoodChain4.png|center|600px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the grass is the [[producer]] and the grasshopper, baboon and cheetah are all [[AliveConsumer|livingconsumers]].|} ==Key Stage 3=====Meaning===A '''consumer''' is an [[organism]] thing that eats feeds on other [[organism]]s to gain [[energy]]. ===About Consumers===: A [[consumer]] cannot make its own food so it must eat other [[organism]]s.: A [[consumer]] might feed on [[producer]]s, or it might feed on other [[consumer]]s.: [[Consumer]]s can be labelled as primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary, depending on where their [[Trophic Level|trophic level]] in a [[Food Chain|food chain]]. {| class="wikitable"|-|[[File:FoodChain5.png|center|600px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the [[giraffe]] is a primary [[consumer]] and the lion is a secondary [[consumer]].|-|[[File:FoodChain6.png|center|600px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the grasshopper, pied flycatcher, skunk and vulture are all [[consumer]]s.|} ==Key Stage 4=====Meaning===: [[Consumer]]s are [[organism]]s that feed on other [[Aliveorganism]]s within a [[community]]. ===About Consumers===: [[Consumer]]s are in the second [[Trophic Level|livingtrophic level]] things for or higher.: [[Consumer]]s may also be referred to as [[heterotroph]]s.: [[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, [[fungi]] or some [[bacteria]].: [[Consumer]]s may feed on a [[producer]] or may feed on other [[consumer]]s lower down in the [[Food Chain|foodchain]]. ===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 ''] ====OCR====:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359810/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359810&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=d768d99f1a06f7c12fab40e5aef85a55 ''Consumers, pages 130-131, Gateway GCSE Biology, Oxford, OCR '']