Question

The diagram shows a food web in a grassland.

A diagram of a food web is shown. Arrows are drawn from grass to grasshopper, grass to squirrel, grass to mouse, grasshopper to the lizard, grasshopper to hawk, squirrel to hawk, mouse to snake, mouse to hawk and snake to hawk.

What best describes the role of the mouse in the food web?

Group of answer choices

A primary consumer that is food for the snake and hawk

A secondary consumer that is food for the snake and hawk

A primary consumer that is food for a single predator, the snake

A secondary consumer that is food for a single predator, the snake

Answer 1

A. Primary consumer that is food for the snake and hawk

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

A. Primary consumer that is food for the snake and hawk

Step-by-step explanation:

The grass would serve as the bottom of the pyramid; The producer.

The producer is what gives energy to the primary consumers; grasshopper, squirrel, and mouse.

Since the mouse is gaining sustenance and energy from the producer, it is labeled as a primary consumer.

The mouse is said to have an arrow towards both the snake and hawk, meaning it is consumed by both.