Question

name:__ date: pd: due: 09/25 deadline: 09/25 10 pts pp nr practice: 1. look at this food chain lettuce ladybug grasshopper thrush a. name the producer in chain b. name the secondary consumer in this food chain c. name the tertiary consumer in this food chain d. what does the arrow mean in a food chain e. what is the ultimate source of energy that drives the food chain?__

Explanation:

A. Producers make their own food via photosynthesis. Lettuce is a plant, so it is the producer.
B. Secondary consumers eat primary - consumers. Grasshopper is a primary - consumer (eats producer), and ladybug eats grasshopper, so ladybug is the secondary consumer.
C. Tertiary consumers eat secondary consumers. Thrush eats ladybug, so thrush is the tertiary consumer.
D. Arrows in a food chain show the direction of energy flow, from the organism being eaten to the organism that eats it.
E. The sun is the ultimate source of energy for most food chains as it provides energy for producers to perform photosynthesis.

Answer:

A. Lettuce
B. Ladybug
C. Thrush
D. Direction of energy flow
E. The sun