Question

A rat feeding on potato tuber is

• A. Producer
• B. Primary consumer
• C. Carnivore
• D. Decomposer

Answer 1

The correct option is B Primary consumer

Food chain in an ecosystem is defined as the passage of food from one trophic level to the next higher trophic level. It comprises of producers, herbivores and carnivores. Producers make the first trophic level. They synthesize their own food. Potato tuber is a producer. Herbivores are primary consumers. They eat producers. Rat feeding on potato tuber is primary consumer. Carnivores are secondary consumers. They eat primary consumers. Bird feeding on rat is secondary consumer.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Primary consumer.'