SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
Question
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producers
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primary consumers
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tertiary consumers
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decomposers
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -In ecology, the term “niche” describes the role an organism plays in a community. A species’ niche encompasses both the physical and environmental conditions it requires (like temperature or terrain) and the interactions it has with other species (like predation or competition).
Detailed explanation-3: -A niche is the role a species plays in the ecosystem. In other words, a niche is how an organism“makes a living.” A niche will include the organism’s role in the flow of energy through the ecosystem.
Detailed explanation-4: -The habitat of an organism is “the place where it lives”, whereas the ecological niche, a term coined by Elton in 1927, can br termed as “the position or status of an organism within its community and ecosystem resulting from the organism’s structural and functional adaptations”.