Respond to statements 95–99 with reference to the five trophic
categories listed below.
a. producer
b. herbivore
c. primary carnivore
d. secondary carnivore
e. decomposer
M 95. A primary consumer is this.
M 96. A Venus flytrap devouring an insect to obtain
nitrogen functions as this.
M 97. Most mushrooms function as this.
M 98. A bear feeding on a salmon is functioning as this.
E 99. A bear eating blueberries is functioning as this.
Answers: 95. b, 96. c, 97. e, 98. d, 99. b
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