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Ecosystems — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYEcosystems3 Marks
Question
Differentiate between carnivores and consumers.
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Answer

Carnivores and consumers:
S.No.
Carnivores
Consumers
1.
A carnivore meaning "meat eater" is an organism that derives its energy and nutrient requirements from a diet consisting mainly or exclusively of animal tissue, whether through predation or scavenging.
Consumers in a food chain are living creatures that eat organisms from a different population. First, it is necessary to understand these two classifications, heterotrophs and autotrophs, consumers and producers respectively.
2.
A carnivore at the top of the food chain, not preyed upon by other animals.
it can also only eat plants (producers) being located in the first level of the food chain above the producers. (primary, secoundary, tertiary).

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