Question

In a biotic community, primary consumers are [CBSE PMT 1995; BVP 2001; MHCET 2001]
A) Omnivores
B) Carnivores
C) Detritivores
D) Herbivores

Answer 1

IN BIOTIC COMMUNITY HERBIVORES IS THE PRIMARY CONSUMERS AS THEY EAT DIRECT PLANTS FOOD.

Answer 2

The correct answer is Herbivores.

In a community the primary consumers are always the herbivores as they eat the plants or the fruits produced by the plants.

The producers are the plants and blue-green algae that produce food by the process of photosynthesis.

These plants are then consumed by the herbivores animals which are called as  primary consumers.