EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Some types of bacteria are autotrophs. Most autotrophs use a process called photosynthesis to make their food. In photosynthesis, autotrophs use energy from the sun to convert water from the soil and carbon dioxide from the air into a nutrient called glucose.

Detailed explanation-2: -A producer is an organism that creates its own food or energy. A consumer is an organism that gets its energy by eating plants or animals. Producers, also called autotrophs, include plants, bacteria, and algae.

Detailed explanation-3: -The primary producers include green plants, lichens, moss, bacteria, and algae.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cyanobacteria or blue-green algae are autotrophic bacteria capable of photosynthesis.

Detailed explanation-5: -photosynthesis, using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide, or. chemosynthesis, using carbon dioxide, water, and chemicals such as ammonia, nitrogen, sulfur, and others.