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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that eats plants and other animals for energy.

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that eats dead plants or animals and breaks them down to put nutrients back into the soil.

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis.

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How do producers help other living things in ecosystems?

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Producers turn sunlight into energy through photosynthesis and release oxygen into the atmosphere.

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Which organisms are affected first if sunlight is reduced in an ecosystem?

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Producers are affected first if the amount of sunlight is reduced.

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What role do consumers play in an ecosystem?

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Consumers play the role of eating plants and animals to obtain energy.

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Give an example of a producer.

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An example of a producer is a plant, such as a tree or a flower.

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What is the importance of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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Decomposers are important because they break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

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What is photosynthesis?

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Photosynthesis is the process by which producers use sunlight to make their own food.

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Name a type of consumer.

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A type of consumer is a herbivore, which eats only plants.