Producer

__WHERE CAN YOU FIND A PRODUCER?__
== A producer is located at the base of a food chain or food web. Producers are the main source of food in their environment. Producers can be eaten by first- and second-hand consumers (1).==

__WHERE DOES A PRODUCER GET ITS FOOD?__
==Producers are a type of autotrophic organism. An autotrophic organism is an organism that has the capability to make their own food by using the energy of the sun. [|Autotroph]means “self-feeders” (2). Producers make food through a process called photosynthesis. Special kinds of bacteria are producers, too. Those types of bacteria are able to transform inorganic materials into food, through a process called [|chemosynthesis] (3).==

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   __ **WHAT DOES A PRODUCER'S ENERGY DO? ** __ ==A producer gets it's energy from the sun. 10% of the energy that a producer makes, is carried on to the next organism(s) in the food chain  /web. 10% of //that// energy goes onto the next organism in the chain, and so on. The energy made by a producer is given to an organism   <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">when it consumes the producer (5). ==

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=  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">   (1) __Unit 1-Ecology__. 1993. //Biology: THe Study of Life//. 01/05/09 http://www.chs.k12.nf.ca/science/b3201/WebCT-Copy/units/unit1-05.html        <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">   (2) __Autotrophs__. 1998. Windows To The Universe. 01/08/09 http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link/life/autotrophs.html        <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">   (3) __Chemosynthesis__. 2006. The American Heritage Dictionary of The English Language, Fourth Edition. 01/08/09 http://www.dictionary.com/browse/producer        <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">   (4) __Food Web__. http://www.agen.ufl.edu/~chyn/age2062/lect/lect_28/10_07.GIF. 01/06/09. http://www.ngfl-cymru.uk/vtc/ngfl/science/107/LP-trelationships.html        <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">   <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (5) Padilla, Michael; Miaoulis, Loannis; Cyr, Martha. __Environmental Science__. Needham: Prentice Hall, 2000. =