ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
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Producers eat consumers.
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Producers eat other producers.
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Consumers eat only other consumers.
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Producers make their own food.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -Green plants are the only living organisms that produce their own food. Light provides the energy to create a chemical reaction within specialized cells, called chloroplasts, in the leaves. Chlorophyll present in the chloroplasts captures light energy and uses it to produce simple sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
Detailed explanation-4: -All animals get food by eating other living things. Herbivores eat plants, while carnivores eat other animals. Humans are omnivores, which are animals that eat both plants and other animals. Decomposers, such as fungi and earthworms, feed on rotting plant and animals.
Detailed explanation-5: -Producers are living things that can make their own food using air, light, soil, and water. Plants use a process called photosynthesis to make food. Only plants can produce their own food. That’s why they are called producers.