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if there wasn't a producer there would be no energy being transferred. then the animals would weaken and start getting eaten by the carnivores. soon the herbivores species would be gone. then the carnivores all dieing. after all the animals would be dead.
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∙ 13y agoIf there was nothing to produce the food, everything would die. And predetor's won't be able to survive if the is no more plant eating animal's.
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∙ 11y agoBecause carnivores are usually at the top of the food chain and there are fewer of them.
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∙ 15y agoEnergy in an organism is powered by the sun. Consumers get their energy from the energy in the producers that the producers obtain from the sun through photosynthesis.
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∙ 12y agoYes
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What limits the number of links in a food chain?
The number of links in a food chain is ultimately limited by the amount of energy in the producers of the particular ecosystem.
Producer in a food chain?
producers are the first part of the food chain. In a food pyramid, they would be found in the bottom. They are the plants that uses a carbon source to produce energy and sugars.
How are producers important to an ecosystem?
They form the base of the food chain. Without producers, no animal along the food chain will be able to eat.
What is a trophic level?
Successive stages of nourishment as represented by the links of the food chain. According to a grossly simplified scheme the primary producers (ie, phytoplankton) constitute the first trophic level, herbivorous zooplankton the second trophic level, and carnivorous organisms the third trophic level.
What kind of living thing is at the start of a food chain?
The organisms at the beginning of the food chain are called producers or autotrophs, such as plants and algae. Some make their own food using the sun's energy through photosynthesis and some producers use chemosynthesis to make their own food.Above them would be 1st level consumers, then 2nd level consumers and so on.
What limits the number of links in a food chain?
The number of links in a food chain is ultimately limited by the amount of energy in the producers of the particular ecosystem.
Producers make up the what of the food chain?
Producers make up the first part of the food chain.
What do producers make up of the food chain?
Producers make up the first part of the food chain.
Why is a producer the first living thing in a food chain?
Producers are the only members of the food chain that create food. Therefore they must be the first in the food chain because they are the source of the food.
Why is a producer the first living thing in the food chain?
Producers are the only members of the food chain that create food. Therefore they must be the first in the food chain because they are the source of the food.
How many producers are in a food chain?
all organisms that make its own food such as plants
What does a Producers in a food chain?
'Producers' are suppliers of food chain. Producers generate their own food and are not dependent on others. Producers are usually plants (green plants)
What do first consumers usually eat in a food chain?
Producers (plants)
What do you call the first animal on your food chain?
The primary consumer.
Where are anemone on the food chain?
They are first on the food chain as they are called producers. In essence, they would b eaten by a herbivore, etc.
Where do the morachs fit in the food chain?
the monarch butterfly is one of the first links of the food chain.
Are there more carnivores or producers in a food chain?
producers
