ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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an animal
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a plant
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the sun
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the moon
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the Tooth Fairy
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Detailed explanation-1: -A food chain always starts with a producer. This is an organism that makes its own food. Most food chains start with a green plant, because plants can make their food by photosynthesis. A living thing that eats other plants and animals is called a consumer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Every food chain begins with a producer. Plants are producers. They make their own food, which creates energy for them to grow, reproduce and survive. Being able to make their own food makes them unique; they are the only living things on Earth that can make their own source of food energy.
Detailed explanation-3: -So, the correct answer is ‘Green plants’
Detailed explanation-4: -The consumers which start the food chain, utilizing the plant or plant part as their food, constitute the grazing food chain. Hence statement 1 is correct. The food chain begins from green plants at the base and the primary consumer is a herbivore.