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Read the given list of organisms.

deer, sheep, wolf, cattle, insects

What best describes the role of these five organisms in a food web?

Carnivores, as they all eat meat

Herbivores, as they all feed on plants

Consumers, as they all make their own food

Consumers, as they all obtain food from plants or animals

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Answer: Consumers, as they all obtain food from plants or animals.

Step-by-step explanation:

A food chain is a series or sequence of distribution of food among the different organisms of an ecosystem.

It happens when one organism is consumed by the other.

The given example of organisms represents consumers.

The consumers are incapable of producing their own food and relies over the plants and animals for their food requirements.

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since they all eat different things:

deer, sheep cattle eat plants,

wolves eat meat and insects eat plants or other insects the answer would be


Consumers, as they all obtain food from plants or animals

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