NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In given food web, rosebush is producer and aphid feed on the rosebush, so, it is a herbivore and primary consumer . Ladybug and spider feed on aphid and serve as a carnivore and secondary consumers. Sparrow is the top consumer of the food web.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plants make their own food through a process called photosynthesis. Using the energy from the sun, water and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and nutrients, they chemically make their own food. Since they make or produce their own food they are called producers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plants and algae (plant-like organisms that live in water) are able to make their own food using energy from the sun. These organisms are called producers because they produce their own food. Some animals eat these producers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Consumers. The next trophic levels are made up of animals that eat producers. These organisms are called consumers. Consumers can be carnivores (animals that eat other animals) or omnivores (animals that eat both plants and animals). Omnivores, like people, consume many types of foods.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bacteria and fungi are decomposers. They eat decaying matter-dead plants and animals and in the process they break them down and decompose them When that happens, they release nutrients and mineral salts back into the soil-which then will be used by plants!