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In a food chain, herbivores/ deer/ grasshoppers are

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Primary producers
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Primary consumers
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Secondary consumers
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Decomposers
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Solution

The correct option is D Primary consumers
Food chain in an ecosystem is defined as the passage of food from one trophic level to the next higher trophic level. The transfer of food from one trophic level to the next level results in the passage of energy through these trophic levels. In a food chain, the initial organisms are photosynthesisers. They are producers which produces food using solar energy. Primary consumers are second trophic levels which eat plants. They are herbivores. Examples include deer, grasshoppers. Secondary consumer are present make third trophic level. They eat primary consumers and are carnivores. Examples include tiger, snake.
Thus, the correct answer is 'Primary consumers.'

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