ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
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with animals that eat plants
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with plants that eat other animals
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with plants that make their own food
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Detailed explanation-1: -Producers, also known as autotrophs, make their own food. They make up the first level of every food chain. Autotrophs are usually plants or one-celled organisms. Nearly all autotrophs use a process called photosynthesis to create “food” (a nutrient called glucose) from sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water.
Detailed explanation-2: -All food chains start with energy from the sun. This energy is captured by plants. Thus the living part of a food chain always starts with plant life and ends with an animal. Plants are called producers because they are able to use light energy from the sun to produce food (sugar) from carbon dioxide and water.
Detailed explanation-3: -A food chain starts with photosynthesizing organisms.
Detailed explanation-4: -Food is necessary to make energy. Living things need it to survive. It all starts with the Sun. Its energy is passed down to producer and then consumer.
Detailed explanation-5: -As you probably know, the organisms at the base of the food chain are photosynthetic; plants on land and phytoplankton (algae) in the oceans. These organisms are called the producers, and they get their energy directly from sunlight and inorganic nutrients.