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The sea water contains water beetles, tadpoles, fish and weeds.

(e) Which organism is a secondary consumer?

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Solution

With the organisms given in the question, following will be the food chain in action:

Weeds → Tadpoles → Water beetles → Fish

In this food chain, water beetle is the secondary consumer as it eats the primary consumer - tadpole.

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