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What is the name for organisms that eat producers?
The name for organisms that eat producers is Consumers.Generically, 'producers' or 'autotrophs' make their own food from Water, Carbon dioxide and the energy in Sunlight and 'consumers' or 'heterotrophs' get their food/energy by eating producers.However, consumers can be subdivided into:-Herbivores (which only eat producers, primary consumers - e.g. Zebra, Rabbits)Carnivores (which predate and eat herbivores, secondary consumers - e.g. Tigers, Sharks)Omnivores (which can eat both herbivores and producers - e.g. Humans, Pigs)There are also those organisms which break down and decompose producers and consumers when they die.
Why is sun important to both producers and consumers?
Well...if the sun isn't there to give energy to the plants {producers} then the organisms who eat plants will die. And then the consumers that eat the producer eating organisms won't have anything to eat because the plants are dead. So then both producers and the consumers start to die out.
What happens to solar energy not stored by primary producers?
Around 90% of the total solar energy is used by the producers for food manufacture, growth, reproduction, and survival. The solar energy that is not stored by primary producers is lost as heat.
Why is the son known to be the source of energy for all organisms on earth?
The sun is the main source of energy on earth simply because of food webs/chains and trophic levels. At the bottom of every food chain there is a primary producer, and these producers are almost always photosynthetic--meaning that they use light energy to synthesize sugars and other organic compounds. The next level on the food chain are the primary consumers (those that eat the primary producers), from there secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, quaternary consumers, etc. The important thing to remember though is that all energy comes from the primary consumers, the photosynthetic organisms. For an example: if you think of the primary producers as grass, than the primary consumers would be field crickets. The crickets eat the grass, the mice eat the crickets, the snake eats the mice the hawk eats the snake. But because every organism above the primary producer needs to obtain energy to survive that means that all the organisms rely on the primary producer; which itself relies on the sun for energy.
Which group of organisms brings the MOST energy into an ecosystem?
producers
Are consumers organisms that get solar or other energy indirectly?
Consumers are heterotrophs and do not get their energy directly, but by eating organisms that do, or by eating other consumers. Herbivores are primary consumers, predators are secondary or higher. Detrivores consume the dead matter left by either producers, or consumers, or both.
A consumer is an organism that gets its energy from what?
Eat producers.
How do organism in each of the three energy roles obtain chemical energy?
Producers Consumer Decomposer
What is the primary source of energy for all the organisms in the ecosystem represented below?
The trophic level that contains the organisms that are the source of all chemical energy used in an ecosystem is called the producer level. This level contains the organisms that can make their own food.
Why is the bottom part of the energy pyramid the largest?
The bottom part of energy pyramid consists of producers, hence it is largest. All the other organisms depend on primary producers for their energy requirement directly or indirectly.
What do all consumers depend on to get their energy?
All living organisms, that are catagorized as consumers, depend on eating other organisms for energy, although, producers create their own energy from the abiotic features of an ecosystem.
What is the name for organisms that eat producers?
The name for organisms that eat producers is Consumers.Generically, 'producers' or 'autotrophs' make their own food from Water, Carbon dioxide and the energy in Sunlight and 'consumers' or 'heterotrophs' get their food/energy by eating producers.However, consumers can be subdivided into:-Herbivores (which only eat producers, primary consumers - e.g. Zebra, Rabbits)Carnivores (which predate and eat herbivores, secondary consumers - e.g. Tigers, Sharks)Omnivores (which can eat both herbivores and producers - e.g. Humans, Pigs)There are also those organisms which break down and decompose producers and consumers when they die.
What type of consumer is the muskrat?
A Muskox is a primary consumer, as it obtains its energy by eating various forms of vegetation, which are producers.
Organisms that eat producers or other organisms for energy?
Organisms that eat other organisms for energy are hetreotrophs.
What is the role of producers consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem?
Producers capture energy and stores it in food. Consumers get their energy by eating other organisms. Decomposers decomposes the consumers, producers and waste materials to products that are again useful for producers. Thus, consumers do not actually have a role, while producers and decomposers do.
Primary producers use what from the sun to produce energy?
Primary producers use the light and energy from the sun to produce energy. The primary producers sit on top of the trophic level and are mainly plants and algae.
What are organisms that eat producers of other organisms for energy?
consumers
