Parts of the Food Chain (Producers/Consumers...) Producers. Plants are called producers. This is because they produce their own food! They do this by using light energy from the Sun, carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil to produce food - in the form of glucouse/sugar. The process is called photosynthesis. read more
Levels of the food chain. Within an ecological food chain, Consumers are categorized into primary consumers, secondary consumers, and the tertiary consumers. Primary consumers are herbivores, feeding on plants. Secondary consumers, on the other hand, are carnivores, and prey on other animals. read more
This is because they produce their own food! They do this by using light energy from the Sun, carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil to produce food - in the form of glucouse/sugar. The process is called photosynthesis. Click on the image below to learn about photosynthesis. Consumers. Animals are called consumers. read more
In a food chain, the first trophic level is composed of primary producers (autotrophs): organisms that make their own food from sunlight (photosynthesis) and/or chemical energy from deep sea vents. The rest of the trophic levels are composed of consumers; consumers can be carnivores, or omnivores. read more