Food Chain I Food Web LabNames:______________________Background Information:Plants use light energy from the sun to make food. T
he food is stored in the cells of the plant. Plants are called producers because they make food. Some of the stored energy in the food plants make is passed on to the animals that eat the plants. Plant-eating animals are called prima
Plant-eating animals are called PRIMARY CONSUMERS.
Explanation:
In an ecosystem, consumers are heterotrophic organisms that can not make their own food. They rather depend on producers or other consumers for food and nutrition. The organisms that derive their nutrition directly from plants are called primary consumers.They are also called herbivores as they feed on plant and plant products. For example, deer graze grasses. This makes deer a primary consumer and a herbivore.
