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: All [[Plant|plants]] are '''producers'''.
 
: All [[Plant|plants]] are '''producers'''.
 
: '''Producers''' are eaten by [[Consumer|consumers]].
 
: '''Producers''' are eaten by [[Consumer|consumers]].
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: [[Producer]]s are always at the start of the [[Food Chain|food chain]].
  
 
===Examples===
 
===Examples===
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===Meaning===
 
===Meaning===
 
An [[organism]] that is able to make its own food.
 
An [[organism]] that is able to make its own food.
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===About Producers===
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: All [[Plant|plants]] are '''producers'''.
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: '''Producers''' are eaten by [[Consumer|consumers]].
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: [[Producer]]s are always at the start of the [[Food Chain|food chain]].
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|[[File:FoodChain5.png|center|600px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the [[tree]] is the [[producer]].
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|[[File:FoodChain6.png|center|600px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the [[grass]] is the [[producer]].
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Revision as of 13:24, 20 September 2018

Key Stage 2

Meaning

A producer is a creature that can make its own food. These are usually plants.

Singular Noun: Producer
Plural Noun: Producers

About Producers

All plants are producers.
Producers are eaten by consumers.
Producers are always at the start of the food chain.

Examples

FoodChain3.png
In this food chain the bush is the producer and the gazelle and cheetah are consumers.
FoodChain4.png
In this food chain the grass is the producer and the grasshopper, baboon and cheetah are all consumers.

Key Stage 3

Meaning

An organism that is able to make its own food.

About Producers

All plants are producers.
Producers are eaten by consumers.
Producers are always at the start of the food chain.
FoodChain5.png
In this food chain the tree is the producer.
FoodChain6.png
In this food chain the grass is the producer.