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Plants are called producers because they are able to use light energy from the sun to produce food (sugar) from carbon dioxide and water. Animals cannot make their own food so they must eat plants and/or other animals. They are called consumers. There are three groups of consumers. Animals that eat only plants are called herbivores (or primary consumers). Animals that eat other animals are called carnivores. Carnivores that eat herbivores are called secondary consumers, and carnivores that eat other carnivores are called tertiary consumers. Animals and people who eat both animals and plants are called omnivores. Then there are decomposers (bacteria, fungi, and even some worms), which feed on decaying matter.
The first level is the primary consumer. The primary consumer is also called a herbivore because they only eat the plants. An elk or a squirrel are both examples of primary consumers. The primary consumer will not eat other animals and only eats other plants and fruit. The secondary consumer is known as a carnivore as it eats only animals. The secondary consumers eat the primary consumers. An example of this might be a secondary consumer cat who eats a primary consumer mouse. In some of the various ecosystems, there is a third consumer called the tertiary consumer. These consumers eat both secondary and primary consumers. These consumers are omnivores. Humans are tertiary consumers.