What is the difference between producers and consumers?

Consumers, on the other hand, consume materials generated by the producers and hence they use the food, nutrients and oxygen. Animals, man, etc. are good examples of consumers. Producers are capable of photosynthesis, a process by which they covert light energy into chemical energy, while consumers use respiration. read more

Consumers and Producers by: Megan Dimanche The difference between a producer and a consumer is that a producer makes their own food, and a consumer depends on other organisms for their food. A example of a consumer is a human and a bumble bee. an example of a producer is a sunflower. read more

Producers can make their own food by capturing the sun's energy, but consumers and decomposers can't. Consumers need to eat other organisms to obtain energy. Decomposers are like the recyclers of nature. They obtain energy for their own needs while returning simple molecules to the environment. read more