Question

Mice eat corn. Hawks eat mice. Which term describes hawks in this food chain?

Answer 1

Answer:

The hawk is a secondary consumer.

Explanation:

The primary producers or the producers are the plants, which can synthesize their own food with the help of sunlight. The consumers are the organism, which depend on other organism for their food requirement they cannot synthesize their own food. The primary consumers are the organism who feed on plant products. The secondary consumers are the organisms who feed on primary consumers. the tertiary consumers are the organism who feed on secondary consumers.

In this case, the mice is primary consumer and the hawk is secondary consumer, as the mice feed on plant product and hawk feed on mice.