What is the role of the tiger in the forest food web shown? A food web drawn as labelled boxes on rows by feeding level, with arrows pointing from each organism to the one that eats it. Arrows: Trees to Deer; Trees to Caterpillar; Trees to Squirrel; Caterpillar to Bird; Bird to Snake; Squirrel to Snake; Snake to Eagle; Bird to Eagle; Deer to Tiger.

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What is the role of the tiger in the forest food web shown?

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What is the role of the tiger in the forest food web shown?

A food web drawn as labelled boxes on rows by feeding level, with arrows pointing from each organism to the one that eats it. Arrows: Trees to Deer; Trees to Caterpillar; Trees to Squirrel; Caterpillar to Bird; Bird to Snake; Squirrel to Snake; Snake to Eagle; Bird to Eagle; Deer to Tiger.

A primary consumer, at the second trophic levelCorrect answerYour answerA tertiary consumer, at the fourth trophic levelCorrect answerYour answerA decomposerCorrect answerYour answerA secondary consumer, at the third trophic levelCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

In this web the tiger eats only deer, and deer eat the trees.
Trees (level 1) → deer (level 2) → tiger (level 3): the tiger eats a herbivore, so it is a secondary consumer.

Worth noting

Being at the top of its chain does not make the tiger a tertiary consumer; the level is counted from the producer.

Concept: Secondary consumers
Typical timeTypical: 60 s
Your timeYours: —

The rule this testsFood chains and energy flow

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What is the role of the tiger in the forest food web shown?

Question 10

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