What is the difference between a producer, secondary consumer, primary consumer, and tertiary consumer?

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Julian Aguilar · Accepted Answer

A producer produces their own organic molecules while the consumers get organic molecules by consuming others.

The food chain is a sequence of organisms that basically show who gets the organic nutrients by consuming other organisms.

Producers

also known as autotrophs or self-feeders
they produce their own organic molecules like carbon, essentially feeding themselves.
there are two types of autotrophs: photoautotrophs and chemoautotrophs
a photoautotroph uses sunlight to create their organic molecules (ex: plants)
a chemoautotroph uses chemicals to make their organic molecules (ex: hydrogen sulfide-oxidizing bacteria)
Heterotrophs
- also known as other-feeders or consumers
- they can't make their own organic molecules so they have to get it by eating others like producers
- there are many types of consumers: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary
- Primary consumers: usually are herbivores and eats producers
- Secondary consumers: usually are carnivores and eats primary consumers
- Tertiary consumers: usually are carnivores and eats secondary consumers
- Quaternary consumers: are at the top of the food chain and eats tertiary consumers. They are also known as apex predators
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Victoria Angeli · Answer

undefined A producer is an organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. A primary consumer feeds directly on producers. A secondary consumer feeds on primary consumers, and a tertiary consumer feeds on secondary consumers.