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I will say chemical processes
I believe that the mystery organism is most likely a plant and not an alga if it is surrounded by a cuticle. Thus the answer is B.
Alga and plats are similar in that they can produce their won food from nutrients and sunlight by a process called photosynthesis. The main difference is in their complexity, such that algae are simple organisms, sometimes unicellular, and even the largest types are relatively simple in structure. Green algae does not contain cuticle.
Females are A. XX. Males are XY :)
If the bird eats a small insect that ate the seeds and is a Secondary consumer, then it was relying on another organism for food. Where as the Primary consumer eats what grows and doesn't really on another organism for food. So the answer would be Primary Consumer.