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==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
A '''producer''' is a creature living thing that can make its own food. These are usually plants.
: Singular [[Noun]]: '''Producer'''
|[[File:FoodChain3.png|center|600px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the [[bush]] is the [[producer]] and the gazelle and cheetah are [[Consumer|consumers]].
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| style="height:20px; width:600px; text-align:center;" |In this [[Food Chain|food chain]] the [[grass]] is the [[producer]] and the grasshopper, baboon and cheetah are all [[Consumer|consumers]].
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==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
===About Producers===
: All [[Plant|plants]] are '''producers'''.
: [[Producer]]s may also be known as '[[Autotroph]]s'.: Most, but not all, [[producer]]s make their own food via [[photosynthesis]].: '''Producers''' are eaten by [[Primary Consumer|primary consumers]].
: [[Producer]]s are always at the start of the [[Food Chain|food chain]].
|[[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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==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
A [[producer]] is an [[organism]] that makes its own food using inorganic [[molecule]]s and an external [[energy]] source.
===About Producers===
: [[Producer]]s are the first [[Trophic Level|trophic level]] in a [[community]].
: [[Producer]]s usually make their food by [[photosynthesis]] in which [[Carbon Dioxide]] and [[Water]] are converted into [[Glucose]] using the [[energy]] supplied by sunlight. However, there are some [[organism]]s that can use other [[energy]] sources to make their own food.
: [[Producer]]s are eaten by [[Primary Consumer|primary consumer]]s.
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158754/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158754&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=27ad53b0283feeff7fc5ae04a9e205f453 ''Producer, page 330, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945563/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945563&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=9a1d023a374038e6072f33c4f3cf808b ''Producers, page 109, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=5ec5fc3f6429e30c1d9ab9bca2bccf93 ''Producers, page 263, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945954/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945954&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=100574c08fbbb64318256eb79ed61a76 ''Producers, page 323, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945598/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945598&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=ad276ad49df77ab4b40ab4fd0fe10200 ''Producers, page 86, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851338/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851338&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=425855d5890466e47189e1c21b67a1ea ''Producers, pages 256, 288, GCSE Biology, Hodder, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359373/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359373&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=952a73bbb09d222ecc4b50d200679849 ''Producers, pages 276, 300-301, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851362/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851362&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=7d78d70a2044ee9982dae010c94af92a ''Producers, pages 94, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA '']
====Edexcel====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948120/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948120&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=dedef775c6a43dbb0a609441525adac0 ''Producers, page 289, GCSE Biology, CGP, Edexcel '']
====OCR====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359810/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359810&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=d768d99f1a06f7c12fab40e5aef85a55 ''Producers, page 130, Gateway GCSE Biology, Oxford, OCR '']