Use the image below to answer the question.

Question

In the image, which animal is a tertiary consumer?

(1 point)
Responses

mouse
mouse

jackal
jackal

lion
lion

rabbit

Answer 1

In an ecological context, a tertiary consumer is an animal that eats secondary consumers. Typically, this would be a carnivorous animal that sits at the top of the food chain.

Among the options given:

• The mouse and rabbit are usually primary consumers (herbivores).
• The jackal is typically a secondary consumer as it can eat primary consumers like mice or rabbits.
• The lion is considered a tertiary consumer as it can eat both primary and secondary consumers.

Thus, the correct answer is lion.