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10 grade science

A peacock eats snakes which eat frogs. These eat hoppers which in turn thrive on leaves of the plants. The peacock is (A) Primary consumer(B) Secondary consumer(C) Decomposer(D) Apex of the food pyramid

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The peacock is best classified as (D) Apex of the food pyramid.

Here's the reasoning:

The plants are the producers in this ecosystem, producing leaves that are eaten by hoppers.
Hoppers are primary consumers because they feed directly on the plants.
Frogs are secondary consumers because they eat the primary consumers (hoppers).
Snakes are tertiary consumers because they eat the secondary consumers (frogs).
The peacock, which eats the snakes, is at the top of this food chain.
Therefore, the peacock is at the apex of the food pyramid, as it is the top predator in this particular food chain.