In a Typical Prairie Food Web, Energy Moves from Grass

question 120

Multiple Choice

In a typical prairie food web, energy moves from grass to grasshopper to field mouse to fox. Which organism is the secondary consumer?

• A)the grass
• B)the grasshopper
• C)the mouse
• D)the fox

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