Consumer

 ==      == ==      == ==<span style="color: rgb(12, 36, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 255)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(24, 13, 217)"><span style="color: rgb(247, 8, 8); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(9, 255, 0); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(14, 11, 11)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">       <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">   <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(24, 13, 217)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 85, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(247, 8, 8); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(9, 255, 0); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(14, 11, 11)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">What is a consumer<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> ? == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(7, 7, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(12, 36, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 255)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(24, 13, 217)"><span style="color: rgb(247, 8, 8); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(9, 255, 0); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(14, 11, 11)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">A consumer is something that eats plants or other animals[1]          == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(7, 7, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(12, 36, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 255)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(24, 13, 217)">"All the organisms that can not make their own food (and need producers) are called consumers. They get food by eating other organisms. When a consumer eats another organism energy is given to that animal." [2]   == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(7, 7, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(12, 36, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 255)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(24, 13, 217)">    == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(7, 7, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(12, 36, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 255)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(24, 13, 217)">"A organism that feeds on other organisms in a food chain. Herbivores that feed on green plants are **primary consumers.** Carnivores that feed on herbivores are called **secondary consumers,** while those that feed on other carnivores are called **tertiary consumers." -dictionary.com**   == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(7, 7, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(12, 36, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 255)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(24, 13, 217)"><span style="color: rgb(247, 8, 8); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(9, 255, 0); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(14, 11, 11)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">What is an example of a consumer in our Gray Area case? == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(7, 7, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(12, 36, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 255)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(24, 13, 217)"><span style="color: rgb(247, 8, 8); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(9, 255, 0); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(14, 11, 11)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">"A consumer in the Gray Area is a mountain lion because it consumes deer after the deer consumes grass."[3]          == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(7, 7, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(12, 36, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 255)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(24, 13, 217)"><span style="color: rgb(247, 8, 8); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(9, 255, 0); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(14, 11, 11)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">"Another consumer in the Gray Area are the fish because they consume other fish, daphnia, and plants. "[2]          == ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(7, 7, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(12, 36, 223)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 33, 255)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; color: rgb(24, 13, 217)"><span style="color: rgb(247, 8, 8); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(9, 255, 0); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(14, 11, 11)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">          ==

[5][6] [5] http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/birds-animals/waders-and-waterfowl/birds_africanriver.html Click this link to view a video of consumers

References[2] MaryGraceLammers__** [|**http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/consumer**] **__(19, nov, 2008) References (3) Hart, Emily__** [|**http://www.arcytech.org/java/population/facts_foodchain.html**] **__( 19, nov, 2008) Reference (4) Hart, Emily__** <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0)">[|www.michna.com/kenya2007] ( 19th of ov, 2008) Reference (5) Hart, Emily http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/wildkingdom/lions-elephant-hunters/photos/lion-eating-elephant.html November 20th 2008 Reference(6) Hart, Emily http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/filmmaker.html November 20th 2008
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