PRODUCERS AND COSUMERS

PRODUCERS TAKE SIMPLE SUBSTANCES FROM THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND MAKE COMPLEX ORGANIC MOLECULES USING SOLAR ENERGY. ALL OTHER ORGANISMS MOLECULES USING SOLAR ENERGY. ALL OTHER ORGANISMS IN THIS WORLD ARE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, DEPENDENTON THE PRODUCERS FOR THEIR FOOD.

THE WORLD DEPENDS ON FOOD MADE BY THE PRODUCERS AND, FORTUNATELY FOR US, PRODUCERS COME IN ALL TYPES AND SIZES, FROM MICROSCOPIC SINGLE-CELL ALGAE, SMALL PLANTS TO GIANT TREES.

CONSUMERS ARE ORGANISMS THAT FEED ON PRODUCERS OR OTHER ORGANISMS. THEY ARE CLASSIFIEDS AS FLLOWS :

• PRIMARY CONSUMERS OR HERBIVORES THAT FEED DIRECTLY ON PRODUCERS 
• SECONDARY CONSUMERS OR CARNIVORES THAT FEED ON OTHER CONSUMERS
• TERTIARY CONSUMERS THAT EAT OTHER CARNIVORES.