Green plants make food using sunlight, so they are producers.
ecosystem role
Producers begin many food chains.
Example: Plants are producers because they make their own food.
Understand how plants, animals, and decomposers depend on one another inside an ecosystem.
A food chain shows one path of energy, but a food web shows many connected paths. If one part changes, other parts can be affected too.
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ecosystem role
Producers begin many food chains.
Example: Plants are producers because they make their own food.
food chain link
Each step shows energy moving through living things.
Example: This is part of a food chain.
balance idea
Changes in one group can affect another group.
Example: Food webs are connected and sensitive to change.
summary
Balance helps the system keep working.
Example: Ecosystem health depends on relationships between living things.
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