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Why are green plants called producers?

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M. Jabrowsky

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Answered Jan 25, 2021

Green plants are called producers because of their ability to manufacture their food themselves through a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is when an organism produces its own food from carbon dioxide and water, which is done with the help of chlorophyll.

Green plants have the ability to survive long on their own as long as the major factors in the production of their food are available. This includes sun light, water, carbon dioxide, which they get from the atmosphere, and chlorophyll. They are also considered to be producers as they also produce food for human consumption and other living things.

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Daniel Frederic

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Answered Jan 21, 2021

Producers are called green plants because they have the ability to make their own food. They are the ecosystem's green plants.

The green plants in the ecosystem trap the solar energy from the chlorophyll. Taking this solar energy, they then convert it into chemical energy. Green plants are the only ones able to do this in the ecosystem. The food that is created by these plants are eaten mainly by primary consumers.

The secondary consumers get their nutrition from the primary consumers that eat the foods from the green plants. In the end, all of the consumers gain energy one way or another from the solar energy.

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C. Lucan

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Answered Jan 17, 2021

Green plants are called producers because they can make their food through a process called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis occurs when chlorophyll allows the plants to trap energy from the sun and convert it into chemical energy.

Plants extrude carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil to produce food in glucose, which is essentially sugar. Plants are the only living forms that can do this. Primary consumers take up food produced by plants. All the consumer organisms in an ecosystem obtain energy directly or indirectly from the trapped solar energy stored in plants.

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E. Barnes

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E. Barnes, Professional Gamer, Professional Gamer, Washington

Answered Jan 14, 2021

Green plants are called producers because they will have the ability to create their own food so that the whole organism will survive. It is a known fact that plants will be able to survive as long as they are exposed to certain factors that will help them build the food that they need.

There are some substances that are important to them such as carbon dioxide that they get from the atmosphere, water, sunlight, and chlorophyll. Plants are also producers because they are considered to be the food of herbivores. Different living things would need to consume food in order to gain enough sustenance to survive.

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W. Wright

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W. Wright, Biology student, Biology student, Astoria

Answered Jan 12, 2021

Green plants are called producers simply because they synthesize their food through a process referred to as photosynthesis. The photosynthesis process works in such a way that an organism manufactures its own food from carbon dioxide and water, which are simple inorganic substances, and this is done in the presence of chlorophyll, making use of sunlight.

Organisms that have the ability to undergo this process, or better still, organisms that undergo this process of photosynthesis are called producers. Thus, generally, green plants are described as producers. This concept is also very similar to the concept of a producer in commerce or the commercial world.

The green plants serve as a source of food for other organisms, which can make us describe them as the organisms that produce for other organisms. Other organisms that feed on them directly or indirectly are referred to as consumers and decomposers.

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