EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Producers use energy and inorganic molecules to make food. Consumers take in food by eating producers or other living things. Decomposers break down dead organisms and other organic wastes and release inorganic molecules back to the environment.

Detailed explanation-2: -The living organisms in an ecosystem can be divided into three categories: producers, consumers and decomposers. They are all important parts of an ecosystem.

Detailed explanation-3: -Decomposers play a critical role in the flow of energy through an ecosystem. They break apart dead organisms into simpler inorganic materials, making nutrients available to primary producers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which best explains the function of producers in a forest ecosystem? Producers provide energy for consumers in the ecosystem.