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Consider a food chain in which a grasshopper eats grass, the grasshopper is eaten by a frog, and the frog is eaten by a snake. Given these relationships, which of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) grass -- autotroph

(b) grasshopper -- herbivore

(c) frog -- secondary consumer

(d) snake -- primary consumer

2007-12-10 13:16:18 · 2 answers · asked by Aditya G 1 in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

2 answers

Only if the frog ate the snake would it be correct.

2007-12-10 13:25:41 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0 0

yep, ^ is right about that one (d is not matched correctly). the grasshopper is a herbivore and therefore is a primary consumer. the frog eats it and is a secondary consumer, the snake being a tertiary consumer

2007-12-10 22:53:57 · answer #2 · answered by marmazor 3 · 0 0

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