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==  Producers:   organisms that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce food from inorganic compounds; also known as autotrophs. Without producers, there would be no energy and nothing could survive. The two types of producers are:        ==        <span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">    <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">                    <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">    <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  Chemotrophs-  rely on energy within the chemical bonds of inorganic molecules in the absence of light. This is a process called chemosynthesis.
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== <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Consumers:    organisms that rely on other organisms for their food and energy; also called heterotrophs. Without each type of consumer, the other consumers would either die or over-populate the earth and cause other things to die. The five types of consumers are:      == <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">    Herbivores- an animal that obtains energy by eating only plants. Like horses, pandas, and vegitarians.        <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">     Omnivores- an animal that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals. Such as baby humans, full-grown humans, and teenage humans. And monkeys.




 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">     Carnivores- an animal that obtains energy by eating only other animals. Some examples are comoto dragons, snakes and meatitarians. Othere are lions and tigers and bears, OH MY!

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 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">     Detrivores- an animal that feeds on plant and animal remains and other dead matter. Like vultures with cool hair, and millipedes.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">    Decomposers- an animal that breaks down and obtains ebergy from dead organic matter. Like worms and mushrooms.

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