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**Producers and Consumers:**

Why is it important to

understand how living organisms interact with each other and their

environment?

__Producers__ The different kinds of producers are:
 * Autotrophic: an organism that produces food through the process of  photosynthesis which takes energy from the sun, carbon dioxide from the air, and water and creates food for the producer
 * Example:Venus Flytrap
 * Chemotrophs are organisms that get energy from chemical reactions in their environment.
 * Example: Plankton
 * Phototrophs are organisms that carry out photosynthesis.
 * Example: Daisy
 * [[image:PlankLuidia.jpg align="left" caption="Plankton are a type of chemptrophs"]]



__Consumers__

The different kinds of consumers are:
 * __Herbivores__: animals that eat only plants.
 * Example: Deer


 * __Heteortrophs__:an organism that needs to eat carbon for growth
 * Example: Humans


 * __Carnivores__: An animal that eats only meat.
 * Example: Lions


 * __Omnivores__: An animal that eats both plants and meat for food.
 * Example: Bears
 * __Detritivores__: animals that obtain nutrients by eating organic matter.
 * Example: Worms


 * __Decomposers__: organisms that break down dead organisms for food
 * Example: Fungi