Which statement describes the role of the organism indicated by the blue arrow in the food web? its A right? Food web showing several different food chains. The blue arrow is pointing to an image of a monarch which is shown to eat the milkweed.

A secondary consumer that obtains its energy from the consumption of plants
A primary producer that recycles organic molecules from sunlight
A primary decomposer that recycles organic molecules by breaking them down.
A primary consumer that obtains its energy from the consumption of plants

A primary consumer that obtains its energy from the consumption of plants .

Explanation: This is the only option that makes sense. A monarch is not a producer since it is not a plant. A monarch is not a decomposer of course. Why is it a primary consumer? because monarchs eat from a plant and then are eaten by a secondary consumer.  

cells use diffusion to get substances in and out of themselves. that diffusion will occur across the cell membrane or the outer covering of the cell. because we are talking about the surface of the cell, surface area and volume are  important factors here. as a cell increases in size, its surface area and volume increase as well.  we call that the surface area to volume ratio (sa: vol).  but the catch is that  volume increases at a greater rate than surface  area. in other words, as a cell gets bigger, the sa: vol gets smaller. so a really small cell like bacteria is mostly cell membrane (surface) with very little contents (volume). a really big cell like an egg, is mostly insides with a super thin membrane. so what ends up happening is that the cell cannot efficiently diffuse all of the stuff it needs in/out to survive. therefore cell size is limited to about 100mm. so how do we make organisms bigger than 100mm? cells divide! by dividing and becoming multicellular, organisms are able to grow!   check out the diagrams i attached to see the effect of sa: vol. i hope this ! good luck!