Question

Match the following living beings to the terms (levels) of a food chain:

$\text{Puma},\text{Fungi},\text{Rabbit},\text{and Grass}$

• A. Producer: $\text{Puma}$
  Primary consumer: $\text{Rabbit}$
  Secondary consumer: $\text{Fungi}$
  Tertiary consumer: $\text{Grass}$
• B. Producer: $\text{Grass}$
  Primary consumer: $\text{Rabbit}$
  Secondary consumer: $\text{Puma}$
  Decomposer: $\text{Fungi}$
• C. Producer: $\text{Rabbit}$
  Primary consumer: $\text{Grass}$
  Secondary consumer: $\text{Fungi}$
  Decomposer: $\text{Puma}$
• D. Producer: $\text{Grass}$
  Primary consumer: $\text{Rabbit}$
  Secondary consumer: $\text{Puma}$
  Tertiary consumer: $\text{Fungi}$

Answer 1

The correct option is B Producer: $\text{Grass}$

Primary consumer: $\text{Rabbit}$
Secondary consumer: $\text{Puma}$
Decomposer: $\text{Fungi}$
Producers are living beings that produce organic matter by using the Sun's energy. E.g. plants and algae. Consumers depend on producers for their sustenance. They are classified as primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers.

Primary consumers depend directly on the producers for food. They are exclusively herbivores like rabbit. Secondary consumers are carnivores that consume herbivores, like pumas and lions.

Decomposers are those that consume the energy of all of the above consumers and even producers. When a producer or a consumer dies, its body is decayed and consumed by decomposers like bacteria and fungi.