EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Plants are at the bottom of the food chain because plants don’t need to eat other things for energy. Instead they make produce their own energy. If plants didn’t make their own food, and had to eat other things for energy, they would be further up the food chain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Producers are at the bottom of the pyramid because they are able to transform the sun’s energy into a large amount of plant energy through the process of photosynthesis. Producers are the base of energy for most food chains and food webs. Animals that eat plants make up the next level.

Detailed explanation-3: -At the base of the pyramid are the producers, who use photosynthesis or chemosynthesis to make their own food. Herbivores or primary consumers, make up the second level. Secondary and tertiary consumers, omnivores and carnivores, follow in the subsequent sections of the pyramid.

Detailed explanation-4: -Photosynthesis is important to food chains because creatures capable of photosynthesis form the foundation of most food chains. In other words, they are the producers, capable of using solar energy to create their own food. Organisms that can produce their own food are also called autotrophs.