Biology Marking Period 2 Test Practice

In a simple food chain, a predator that eats herbivores is classified as which trophic level?

Producer Primary consumer Secondary consumer Tertiary consumer

Correct Answer:

Secondary consumer

Explanation:

In a simple food chain, energy moves from producers that make their own food to primary consumers that eat those producers. When a predator eats herbivores, it’s one step higher up the chain, so it’s a secondary consumer. It isn’t a producer because it doesn’t synthesize its own food, and it isn’t a primary consumer because it doesn’t feed directly on producers. It would be a tertiary consumer only if it fed on other carnivores that have already eaten herbivores.

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