Afood web illustrates a squirrel eating a nut. what is the role of the squirrel in the food web?

a. decomposer
b. producer
c. primary consumer
d. secondary consumer

PRIMARY CONSUMERS

Explanation:

a primary consumer is a type of consumers that eat producers

is this case the squirrel is a primary consumer and the nut is a producer

VOCABULARY

producers: Producers are plants and vegetables. Plants are at the beginning of every food chain that involves the Sun. All energy comes from the Sun and plants are the ones who make food with that energy. They use the process of photosynthesis.

primary consumer: Primary consumers are animals that eat primary producers; they are also called herbivores (plant-eaters).