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Consumers (heterotrophs) are organisms that feed on other organisms. They depend on producers for their energy and synthesis needs. For example, herbivores are primary consumers. A carnivore that eats only herbivores is a secondary consumer.
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consumers: the organisms within an ecosystem that meet their energy needs by feeding on the producers.
cork: a tough tissue that combines with the phloem to become the bark of vascular plants.
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Consumers are heterotrophic organisms that eat food produced by another organism. Herbivores are a type of consumer that feeds directly on green plants (or another type of autotroph).
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However, many consumers are afraid of drinking milk from treated cows. They don't trust the studies that say the milk is safe. They point out that sometimes scientific claims are proven to be wrong as new evidence is collected.
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It will later become a major flop with consumers.
May 11 - The FBI brings charges against suspected heads of the five Mafia families in New York City ...
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In any food network, the energy contained in the level of the producers is not completely transferred to the consumers.
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Are Americans too lackadaisical as consumers?
Well, certainly I think it would be terrific if U.S.
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The primary consumers include such animals as microscopic crustaceans and rotifers - the so-called zooplankton.
The secondary (and higher) consumers are swimming insects and fish.
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secondary consumer An animal that feeds on other consumers.
secondary growth Growth derived from secondary or lateral meristems, the vascular and cork cambiums; secondary growth results in an increase in diameter or circumference; ...
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A heterotroph that derives its energy from living or freshly killed organisms or parts thereof. Primary consumers are herbivores; higher-level consumers are carnivores.
continental drift ...
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zooplankton -- Tiny, free-floating organisms in aquatic systems. Unlike phytoplankton, zooplankton cannot produce their own food, and so are consumers.
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