Differentiate among primary, secondary and tertiary consumers. Give one example of each in a food chain.

• A food chain consists of different elements.
• There are plants that produce food through photosynthesis and these are called autotrophs.
• There are plant-eating animals like Rabbits, deer, pigeons, cows, buffaloes, etc., and insects like grasshoppers, bees, butterflies, and crickets also eat plants or plant products.
• These animals are called primary consumers.
• Animals like tigers, lions, wolves, lizards, frogs, and birds like vultures, kites, eagles eat primary consumers.
• These animals or birds are known as secondary consumers.
• Animals like snakes are eaten by the peacocks, Here secondary consumers are eaten
• The organisms that eat secondary consumers are called tertiary consumers.