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===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'''.
|[[File:FoodChain3.png|center|600px]]
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| 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]].
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|[[File:FoodChain4.png|center|600px]]
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| 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 [[Consumer|consumers]].
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==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
A '''consumer''' is an [[organism]] that 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 34==
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