A rattlesnake would be classified as a?

Question

a-tertiary consumer and a heterotroph
b-secondary consumer and an autotroph
c-producer and an autotroph
d-producer and a heterotroph
e-primary consumer and a heterotroph

hard question for me out of an 80 pg packet of questions
Thanks so much!

Answer 1

Can be a tertiary consumer and a heterotroph. Rattlesnake eats a rodent that ate an insect that ate fruit. Insect is primary, rodent is secondary, rattlesnake is tertiary. Heterotroph just means that it relies on other organisms for food instead of making its own food.

Not an autotroph or a producer since the rattlesnake does not make its own food by photosynthesis or any other process.

Not a primary consumer because the rattlesnake does not eat plants.

Could be a secondary consumer if it eats a rodent that ate seeds, but secondary consumer is paired with autotroph in the choices offered, and that's not right.

Answer 2

Friend the options you have supplied are none
suitable for this question. The actual answer is that a rattlesnake is a secondary consumer and a heterotroph.

Answer 3

Of those, I'd choose A.

It's not a good response, because rattlesnakes are SECONDARY consumers and heterotrophs, but that option isn't available.

Answer 4

Dang if I know. I thought they were a Viper/Pit-viper

Answer 5

i would guess e