sentence: Consumers are animals that eat producers or other animals.
sentences_before: A 'food chain' shows the feeding relationship between different living things in a particular environment or habitat. Often, a plant will begin a food chain because it can make its own food. Organisms that can make their own food are called producers.
sentences_after: The animal that eats the producer is called the primary consumer. The animal that eats the primary consumer is called a secondary consumer. The animal that eats the secondary consumer is called a third order consumer and so on to fourth, fifth, etc. The direction of arrows between the organisms shows who eats what.
concept_name: consumer
headings: Food chain
categories: Foods