ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION
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Question
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All food webs and food chains begin with ____
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primary consumer
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producers
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secondary consumers
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predators
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Plants are the producers whereas the herbivores will be considered as primary consumers. Carnivores feeding on the herbivores are called secondary consumers. Therefore, all food chains start with a producer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Every food chain starts with producers because only plants are capable of changing light energy into chemical energy, which is then used by both plants and other consumers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Food chains always start with a producer. This is usually a green plant or algae that completes photosynthesis to store energy from sunlight as glucose. Grass is the producer in the grass
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