Primary consumers
What Primary consumers means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: AQA
Herbivores that feed on producers, so they are the first consumers in the chain and occupy level 2.
Herbivores that feed directly on primary producers and occupy trophic level two.
Level 2 herbivores, such as rabbits or zooplankton, which eat producers.
Topics that use Primary consumers
- Trophic levels (AQA GCSE)
- Ecosystems (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Decomposers
- Photosynthesis
- Producers
- abiotic and biotic components
- abiotic factors
- Absorption of soluble nutrients
- aerobic and anaerobic decomposition
- Algae
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