In a typical prairie food web energy moves from grass to grasshopper to field mouse to fox. Which organism is the tertiary consumer?
A)the grass
B)the grasshopper
C)the mouse
D)the fox

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The tertiary consumer is the top predator in the food chain, which in this case is the fox. It feeds on the field mouse, which is a secondary consumer that eats the grasshopper, which is a primary consumer that feeds on grass.

In a Typical Prairie Food Web Energy Moves from Grass