EVERYDAY SCIENCE

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: -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-3: -Examples of autotrophs include plants, algae, plankton and bacteria. The food chain is comprised of producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Autotrophs are known as producers because they are able to make their own food from raw materials and energy. Examples include plants, algae, and some types of bacteria. Heterotrophs are known as consumers because they consume producers or other consumers. Dogs, birds, fish, and humans are all examples of heterotrophs.

Detailed explanation-5: -Algae. Cyanobacteria. Maize plant. Grass. Wheat. Seaweed. Phytoplankton.