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In an ocean, the parrotfish feed on marine plants, big fish feed on parrotfish, and sharks feed on the big fish. What are sharks in the food chain?

A. producers
B. primary consumers
C. secondary consumers
D. tertiary consumers
E. decomposers



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Sharks are tertiary consumers in the marine food chain.


Explanation:

In the given scenario, sharks would be classified as tertiary consumers in the food chain. Tertiary consumers are carnivores that eat other carnivores, placing sharks at a high level in the hierarchy of energy transfer.


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