Consider the following prairie food chain. tall grass is consumed by grasshoppers that, in turn, are eaten by mice, and the mice are eaten by prairie kingsnakes. red-tailed hawks prey on mice and prairie kingsnakes. when a red-tailed hawk dies, bacteria, beetles, fungi, and many types of worms break down the body. which of the following correctly identifies a trophic level in this ecosystem?
(a) grasshoppers are primary consumers.
(b) mice are primary consumers.
(c) prairie kingsnakes are secondary consumers.
(d) grass is primary consumers.