Answer:
[tex] \tt \pink{a. \: \: \: consumers}[/tex]
Explanation:
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- is a category that belongs within the food chain of an ecosystem. It refers predominantly to animals. Consumers are unable to make their own energy, and instead rely on the consumption and digestion of producers or other consumers, or both, to survive.
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