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without producers, consumers could not survive because producers are basically plants, which herbivores eat, and then carnivores consume them, so it depends a lot on producers.

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The producer. Every food chain begins with one.


What part of a meadow is a producer?

An ecosystem is a place where living and non-living things interact with each other.A meadow is an example of ecosystem.In every ecosystem,producers are mostly plants,and therefore plants are the part of the ecosystem that are producers.


What do producers affect?

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Why does every ecosystem need producers?

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Is a bluffin tuna a producer?

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What would happen to ecosystem if all its producers were eliminated?

If all producers were eliminated from an ecosystem, there would be no source of food or energy for other organisms. This would result in the collapse of the entire ecosystem as consumers, decomposers, and all other organisms in the food chain would not be able to survive without the energy and nutrients provided by producers through photosynthesis.


What is a primary producer?

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Does algae form any open-ocean food webs?

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Is the boar a consumer?

Yes it is a consumer. In fact every living thing is a consumer, BESIDES PLANTS which are Producers. Consumers are organisms that "consume" other things. Like a cow consumes grass. A bear might consume that co, and maybe berries. Boars do eat with mouths not leaves or roots or whatever, which makes them a consumer.


Is a boar a consumer?

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What are some similarities between consumers and producers?

a producer makes(produces) its own food and a consumer consumes its food from other living things(animals)


What kind of consumer is a fish?

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