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= ANM & VAA = ** __ PRODUCERS & CONSUMERS  __ **

with each other and their environment? **
 * Why is it important to understand how living organisms interact

 //**TYPES OF PRODUCERS**// 
 * There are two types of producers know as Chemotrophs and Phototrophs. Producers are organisms that capture energy from either sunlight or chemicals and use it to make food from inorganic compounds, also called an autotroph. It's important to understand how producers interact with each other and their environment because producers are organisms like plants which supply food to consumers such as omnivores and herbivores. Plants such as trees supply oxygen to our planet and in turn we supply carbon dioxide.

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 * ** Phototrophs :** Organisms that use inorganic materials to make food using sunlight as energy. Green plants, certain algae, and photosynthetic bacteria are phototrophs.


 * **Chemotrophs** : Organisms that obtain energy through chemical processes such as the oxidation of electron donating molecules in their enviroment. Some of these organisms are bacteria. Black smokers play host to many types of bacteria in the deep sea.