Questions: This diagram shows a food chain from a grassland ecosystem in Wyoming. The arrows show how the matter eaten by organisms moves through the food chain.
Select each organism below that is a primary consumer in this food chain.
wild oat
white-tailed jackrabbit
long-tailed weasel
red fox
coyote
Transcript text: This diagram shows a food chain from a grassland ecosystem in Wyoming. The arrows show how the matter eaten by organisms moves through the food chain.
Select each organism below that is a primary consumer in this food chain.
$\square$
wild oat $\square$ white-tailed jackrabbit
long-tailed weasel
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red fox
coyote
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Identify the primary consumer definition
A primary consumer is an organism that eats producers (plants).
Step 2: Locate the producer
Wild oat is the producer in this food chain because the arrows show energy flowing from it to other organisms.
Step 3: Follow the arrows to find the primary consumer
The arrow points from wild oat to the white-tailed jackrabbit.
Final Answer
The white-tailed jackrabbit is the primary consumer.