Question

How many types of consumers are there? Define them with one example each.

Answer 1

Consumers:

All living organisms that cannot make their own food either depend on plants or other animals for food are called heterotrophs or consumers.

Types of Consumers:

1. Herbivores or primary consumers:

1. Animals that mainly depend on plants for their food are called herbivores.
2. Some examples of herbivores are cows, goats and deer.
3. Herbivores are also called primary consumers.

2. Carnivores or secondary/tertiary consumers:

1. Animals that eat other living animals are called carnivores.
2. Some examples of carnivores are lions, tigers and leopards.
3. Carnivores that eat herbivores are also called secondary consumers.
4. There are certain carnivores that eat other carnivores.
5. They are called tertiary consumers. For example: Bear

3. Omnivores:

1. Some animals eat both plants and animals are called omnivores.
2. Some examples of omnivores are human beings, monkeys and bears.
3. These can also be tertiary cosumers.