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 __** Hey everyone! We are going to be learning about producers and consumers. A **producer** is an organism that produces or makes its own food by using chemicals or the sunlight. A producer is also known as an autotroph. An **autotroph** uses the energy from the enviroment to fuel the assembly of simple inorganic compounds into complex organic molecules. Algea at the bottom of the sea near heating vents get thier food from the hydrogen sulfide in the smoke through chemosynthesis. Plants on land (such as flowers, trees, bushes, etc.) get their energy from the sun through photosynthesis.
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Consumers are organisms (such as lions, deer, humans, etc.) that rely on other organisms for their energy and food supply. Consumers are also known as heterotrophs. There are alot of different types of heterotrophs. Carnivores, like Simba the lion, eat animals. Herbivores, like antelope, eat plants. Omnivores, like Timon and Pumba, eat plants and animals. Detritroves