Is a grasshopper a consumer?

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Grasshopper is a consumer
Grasshoppers are first-level consumers or main consumers.
This is due to the fact that they eat plants that are producer.
Grasshoppers depend on plants for their nutritional requirements while other animals eat others, hence, energy is passed along the food chain.

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If a grasshopper is eaten by a frog, then the energy transfer will be from

(a) producer to decomposer
(b) producer to primary consumer
(c) primary consumer to secondary consumer
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(A) Grass	(p) Primary carnivore
(B) Grasshopper	(q) Secondary carnivore
(C) Frog	(r) Producer
(D) Hawk	(s) Primary consumer

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Is a grasshopper a consumer?

Grasshopper is a consumerGrasshoppers are first-level consumers or main consumers. This is due to the fact that they eat plants that are producer. Grasshoppers depend on plants for their nutritional requirements while other animals eat others, hence, energy is passed along the food chain.

Grasshopper is a consumer
Grasshoppers are first-level consumers or main consumers.
This is due to the fact that they eat plants that are producer.
Grasshoppers depend on plants for their nutritional requirements while other animals eat others, hence, energy is passed along the food chain.