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**On this site you will learn about the wonderful world of Producers and Consumers. These two groups can be classified into many groups; chemotrophs and phototrophs; and heterotrophs, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, detritivores, and consumers.** =  **Producers!!!**    =
 * = Chemotrophs

*   gain energy by oxidation of electron donating molecules. * Most chemotrophs are bacteria and archaea. ||= Both
 * Use chemical reactions to create energy.
 * Chemotrophs can be found as far down in the ocean as deep sea vents.
 * Evolutionary scientists believe that some of Earth's early inhabitants were chemotrophs.

*  Create organic carbon molecules from carbon dioxide. * Both can live on water and can sometimes live on land.

||= Phototrophs Examples:
 * Organisms (commonly plants) that carry out photosynthesis.
 * Energy from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide are converted into natural materials that are later used for functions like respiration.
 * On land, typical phototrophs are plants, while algae is the main form of phototroph on water. ||

= **Consumers!!!**  =


 * = Herbivores
 * An herbivore is an organism that eats mainly phototrophs.
 * Herbivores include many insects and some mammals like deer and horses.[[image:toucan.jpg width="155" height="106"]] ||= Carnivores
 * A carnivore is any organism that has a diet consisting mostly of meat, whether they get the meat by hunting for it or scavenging meat off of dead animals.
 * Even plants like the Venus Flytrap are considered carnivores because they digest living things.[[image:jaguar.jpg width="145" height="100"]] ||= Omnivores
 * Omnivores are organisms that don't exclusively eat just meat or just plants.
 * Humans are a good example of omnivores. They eat both plants and animals.[[image:bear.jpg width="118" height="100"]] ||= Detritivores
 * Detritivores are organisms that feed on detritus (dirt) and the things in it.
 * The detritivores help in the decomposition process by breaking down organic matter in the soil.[[image:Earthworm.jpg width="121" height="82"]] ||= Heterotrophs
 * Heterotrophs are organisms that require organic materials to obtain chemical energy for development.
 * To be a heterotroph, an organism must gain its carbon from any organic compound.[[image:shark.jpg width="104" height="94"]] ||