Question

please give 2-3 examples (for each one) of producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, and quaternary consumers in Lake Tahoe

Answer 1

Producers:

One example of producers found in food chains include plants. They use photosynthesis to make their own food. Examples of plants include trees, grass, moss, flowers, and weeds, to name a few.

Primary consumers are herbivores, feeding on plants. Caterpillars, insects, grasshoppers, termites and hummingbirds are all examples of primary consumers because they only eat autotrophs (plants).

Types of Secondary Consumers
Spiders, snakes, and seals are all examples of carnivorous secondary consumers. Omnivores are the other type of secondary consumer. They eat both plant and animal materials for energy. Bears and skunks are examples of omnivorous secondary consumers that both hunt prey and eat plants.


In the real world, a tertiary consumer can eat many different animals and even plants sometimes. This means that they can actually be carnivorous or omnivorous. Some examples of tertiary consumers include, birds of prey, big cats, and foxes.