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===Meaning=== | ===Meaning=== | ||
A '''consumer''' is a creature the eats other creatures. | A '''consumer''' is a creature the eats other creatures. | ||
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| + | : Singular [[Noun]]: '''Consumer''' | ||
| + | : Plural [[Noun]]: '''Consumers''' | ||
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===About Consumers=== | ===About Consumers=== | ||
: A '''consumer''' cannot make its own food so it must eat other creatures. | : A '''consumer''' cannot make its own food so it must eat other creatures. | ||
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|[[File:FoodChain3.png|center|600px]] | |[[File:FoodChain3.png|center|600px]] | ||
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| − | | style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the | + | | 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]] | |[[File:FoodChain4.png|center|600px]] | ||
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| − | | style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the | + | | 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]]. | ||
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| + | ===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]]. | ||
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| + | | 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]]. | ||
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| + | | 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. | ||
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| + | ==Key Stage 4== | ||
===Meaning=== | ===Meaning=== | ||
| − | + | : [[Consumer]]s are [[organism]]s that feed on other [[organism]]s within a [[community]]. | |
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| + | ===About Consumers=== | ||
| + | : [[Consumer]]s are in the second [[Trophic Level|trophic level]] 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|food chain]]. | ||
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| + | ===References=== | ||
| + | ====Edexcel==== | ||
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| + | :[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 ''] | ||
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| + | ====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 ''] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:49, 8 May 2020
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
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| In this food chain the bush is the producer and the gazelle and cheetah are consumers. |
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| 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 on other organisms to gain energy.
About Consumers
- A consumer cannot make its own food so it must eat other organisms.
- A consumer might feed on producers, or it might feed on other consumers.
- Consumers can be labelled as primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary, depending on where their trophic level in a food chain.
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| In this food chain the giraffe is a primary consumer and the lion is a secondary consumer. |
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| 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 also be referred to as heterotrophs.
- Consumers may be primary secondary, tertiary or quaternary consumers.
- Consumers are usually either animals, fungi or some bacteria.
- Consumers may feed on a producer or may feed on other consumers lower down in the food chain.