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Question
A food chain occurring in the sea which provides food for many people can be written as :
phytoplankton → zooplankton → X → Y
Which organism in the above food chain is a (1) primary consumer, and (2) tertiary consumer?
Solution
(1) Zooplankton are primary consumers, and (2) big fish are tertiary consumers.
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