Producers and Consumers

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that can make its own food, usually through photosynthesis, like plants.

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Why are plants considered producers?

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Plants are considered producers because they make or produce their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that cannot make its own food and must eat other organisms for energy.

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.

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Give an example of a producer.

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An example of a producer is a sunflower.

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What do the arrows in a food web represent?

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The arrows in a food web represent the movement of energy from one organism to another.

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Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from it in a food web?

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An organism may have more than one arrow coming from it because it may eat more than one other organism.

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What is photosynthesis?

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Photosynthesis is the process by which producers, like plants, convert sunlight into chemical energy (food).

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What role do consumers play in an ecosystem?

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Consumers play the role of transferring energy by eating producers or other consumers.

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What is an example of a consumer?

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An example of a consumer is a rabbit.