The plants. Those growing in the air and those forming the watery swamp.
for the balance of environment
producers get their food from the environment aka the sun
plants, bacteria.
Producers make its own food using materials from the environment and sunlight.
Producers make their own food from the environment and sunlight. Consumers have to eat their food (they basically eat producers).
Decomposers release the nutrients locked up in organic matter. As plants (and other producers) grow, they take up nutrients from the environment and turn it into biomass. Decomposers break down biomass and release the nutrients back into the environment where they can be taken up again by producers.
Decomposers release the nutrients locked up in organic matter. As plants (and other producers) grow, they take up nutrients from the environment and turn it into biomass. Decomposers break down biomass and release the nutrients back into the environment where they can be taken up again by producers.
No, I believe not. There are protists that are producers (autotrophs). This branch of protists are called Algae. However, the branch that you are talking about is Protozoans, and they are heterotrophic, so they need to take food in from the environment. So no, heterotrophs are not producers, so animal-like protists are not producers.
yes because if the producers are not there in the environment then the whole chain will get disturb so some herbivores and omnivores will not get food also.so,then how carnivores can live so that's why importance of producers are very important in our ecosystem
The plants. Those growing in the air and those forming the watery swamp.
underwater producers utilize energy from the sun and nutrients from the abiotic environment(carbon dioxide from the air or water, other nutrients from the soil or water) to performphotosynthesis and grow. such as algae and phytoplankton
well yes. when the producer is eaten the thing eating it is a consumer. when it dies, it becomes a decomposer. it rots and rots until it is the soil of new producers. that is the cycle.