ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION
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Question
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red wolf, coyote, grey wolf
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sunflower, grass, pine tree
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mushrooms and worms
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seaweed, algae, mushrooms
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hence, a pine tree is a producer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sunflowers are both producers and consumers within a food web. Sunflowers recycle energy from the soil back into the food web. Sunflowers are the source of food and energy for only the herbivores in the food web.
Detailed explanation-3: -Plants make their own food through a process called photosynthesis. Using the energy from the sun, water and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and nutrients, they chemically make their own food. Since they make or produce their own food they are called producers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Definition: A producer is someone who creates and supplies goods or services. Producers combine labor and capital-called factor inputs-to create-that is, to output-something else. Business firms are the main examples of producers and are usually what economists have in mind when talking about producers.