As you can see on the picture above, the nutrients left behind from the decomposer, starts a new food chain.
The producer is the first thing that starts the food chain. The sun gives the producer the energy to grow, so the producer can grow, and then the herbivore or omnivore could eat it and the food chain will keep going. There are two kinds of
plants found in the ocean: microscopic plants that float around in the water and bigger
plants such as seaweed that grow from the ground.
Interesting facts
In the ocean, there are three primary producers: photosynthetic plants, chemosynthetic bacteria, and detritus.
Photosynthetic plants soak up energy from the sun and use it to form sugar.
Animals, then eat these plants for energy.
Chemosynthetic bacteria hang around hydrothermal vents and use the chemicals they find there to produce sugars.
Certain creatures feed off of detritus, which usually settles to the bottom of the ocean.
Some detritus, however, can be carried by water currents (movement of water in a specific direction) to other areas.
Now you know about producers and some interesting facts.
The producer is the first thing that starts the food chain. The sun gives the producer the energy to grow, so the producer can grow, and then the herbivore or omnivore could eat it and the food chain will keep going. There are two kinds of
plants found in the ocean: microscopic plants that float around in the water and bigger
plants such as seaweed that grow from the ground.
Interesting facts
In the ocean, there are three primary producers: photosynthetic plants, chemosynthetic bacteria, and detritus.
Photosynthetic plants soak up energy from the sun and use it to form sugar.
Animals, then eat these plants for energy.
Chemosynthetic bacteria hang around hydrothermal vents and use the chemicals they find there to produce sugars.
Certain creatures feed off of detritus, which usually settles to the bottom of the ocean.
Some detritus, however, can be carried by water currents (movement of water in a specific direction) to other areas.
Now you know about producers and some interesting facts.