AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Producers are organisms that can produce their own food. They usually include green plants. They trap the energy from the sun and use it to make food by the process of photosynthesis. All the other organisms depend on producers for food, since they are not capable of making food for themselves.

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: -An autotroph is an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals. Because autotrophs produce their own food, they are sometimes called producers. Plants are the most familiar type of autotroph, but there are many different kinds of autotrophic organisms.

Detailed explanation-4: -pro·duc·er prə-ˈd(y)ü-sər. : one that produces. especially : a person who grows agricultural products or manufactures articles. : a person who supervises or finances a play, a movie, or a radio or television program.

Detailed explanation-5: -Producers are organisms that produce food for themselves and other organisms. They use energy and simple inorganic molecules to make organic compounds. The stability of producers is vital to ecosystems because all organisms need organic molecules. Producers are also called autotrophs.