Grow, reproduce, take in nutrients from the environment, respond to the environment, transport materials thru-out their body, produce chemicals
They engulf using their pseudopodia
Primary consumers<span> only obtain a fraction of the total solar energy—about 10%—captured by the producers they eat. The other 90% is used by the producer for growth, reproduction, and survival, or it is lost as </span>heat<span>. You can probably see where this is going. Primary consumers are eaten by </span>secondary consumers<span>. An example would be birds that eat bugs that eat leaves. </span>Secondary consumers<span> are eaten by </span>tertiary consumers<span>. Cats that eat birds that eat bugs that eat leaves, for instance.</span>
