Question

Identify which organisms are producers, herbivores, omnivores or carnivores in the food chain shown in Fig. 3-1.

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Fig ?

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now i wanna help with this question

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so first off i think the shark, squid and small fishes are carnivores

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correct

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are they omnivores as well?

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or are they like toads and only eat moving worms

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so to speak

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i also think algae are producers

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so zooplankton must be herbivores

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so the only question is omnivores (scavengers)

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sharks seem pretty predatory to me (i live in australia) but i dunno if they dont eat dead fish too

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or something

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\(\bf Plankton\) is a general term for both \(\bf phytoplankton\) and \(\bf zooplankton\), which are passively floating and some weakly swimming animal-like and plant-like organisms that are moved with the currents. Phytoplankton are the plant-like division of planktonic organisms while zooplankton is more animal like

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Zooplanktons consists of small protozoans or metazoans (e.g. crustaceans and other animals) that feed on other plankton and telonemia (microscopic eukaryote, single-celled organisms.)

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So,
Algae---->Producers
Zooplankton---->Omnivores
Fishes, Squid, Shark-----> Carnivores

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Got it ?

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and so theres no herbivores

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nopes !

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oh okay

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so i was kinda close

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yep !

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well at least i am improving i guess

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thanks mate

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but if strictly hv to go with the diagram, then there should be no omnivores and zooplankton should be considered as herbivores only

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@Somy

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ummm....okayyy

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@alphadxg

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so why did we hypothesise that zooplankton were omnivores again?

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they dont look like they'd be doing a lot of hunting

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\(\color{blue}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Abhisar
Zooplanktons consists of small protozoans or metazoans (e.g. crustaceans and other animals) that feed on other plankton and \(\bf telonemia~(microscopic~eukaryote,~single-celled~organisms.)\)
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i recon' herbivores is a much better title

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true that

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@Abhisar what is it?

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Is zooplankton a herbivore, carnivore or omnivore ?
@Somy

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some are carnivores some are herbivores

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This means they are omnivores !
ryt ?

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but in this picture they are herbivores

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nope, u need to consider the food chain

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yeah, that's why i am thinking the answer here should be herbivores

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I searched and found that some are herbivores, some carnivores & some omnivores
http://www.kgbanswers.com/are-zooplankton-omnivores-carnivores-or-herbivores/4679989

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it's not showing any kind of arrow from zooplankton to some other animal
in this food chain we see it only feeding on producers

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Yeah that's ryt @Somy !
So lets say that here zooplanktons are herbivores and no one is omnivores

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thats right

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what about:
Algae---->Producers
Zooplankton---->Herbivores
Fishes ------------> Omnivores and Carnivores
Squid, Shark-----> Carnivores

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Thanx @Somy !

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How fishes omnivores ?
again here is no such arrow !

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Fishes ------------> Carnivores only

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yeah she is correct !

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Algae---->Producers
Zooplankton---->Herbivores
Fishes, Squid, Shark-----> Carnivores

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Here u go !

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oh boy that was fun

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yes that's right
there are no omnivores in this food chain

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well thanks heaps everyone for the effort

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and researching and debating and everything

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its means a lot @Somy @Abhisar

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you are welcome ♥