What is the differenxe between a producer and a consumer,what can happen to a animal that loses its habitat?
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ummm everybody seems to have the same answer but yeah\nim assuming your in gr......7 science?\njust cause thats what i am referring to right now in my head:\n\na producer: like a plant/ something that makes its own food[bottom of food chain]\n\nconsumer: an animal/ something that need food by eating something else.\nthere are a bunch of types of producers but i dont remember the names cuz it was too long ago i think it was...so i will number them\n1: 2nd lowest it only eats plants\n2: eats plants and things that eat plants [3rd lowest]\n3: things that eat plants and animals that eat plant/ plants and animals.[highest/us!]\n\nif 1 animal were to lose its habitat, the plant eater would have no food and it would die and then the 2 woulod be able to eat nothing and the 3 would be able to eat nothing cuz the animals and the plants died. its an ecosystem...ect.....symbiosism....ect..\n\nand included in that test should be some stuff about decomposition or something like that\n..\n..\nand some stuff about \nmutualism; when 2 things are benifiting \nex: the sharks and the suckers\n\n__________.[i forgot]; when i thing benifits but the other is not harmed\nex: i cant think of one right now...but it exsists!\n\nparasitism; when i thing benifits and the other is harmed\nex: a tapeworm in a human\n\nendnote: ppl will see this answer and answer it better based on my answer so *cough*i think i should get best answer*endcough* and i totaly am just typing this out of my brain what i learnt 2 years ago so i dont remember much ^_^"""
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Producers, which are usually plants and other photosynthetic organisms such as some types of bacteria, are consumed by primary consumers, so the energy enters the system of the primary consumer (like a rabbit, for example) and some of the energy is used up to power the animal's system (metabolism, etc). Then secondary consumers (picture a fox) eat the primary consumer, and with it the remaining energy that was not used up by that primary consumer. Then tertiary consumers... etc. etc. The pattern continues.
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They are part of the food chain for many species, whether it be at the beginning or in the middle. If dolphins disappeared, certain species would become over populated, and others would die off.
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Dead plants and animals cannot be said to occupy a level in the food chain as being dead they are not able to eat and therefore occupy the lowest space on the trophic level  as food for fungus, microbes, insects, animals and other plant life.\n\nStrange question.
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A FOOD CHAIN represents the movement of organic material from one trophic level to the next, from the Producers (Plants) to Primary Consumers (herbivorous animals) to Secondary Consumers (carnivores) etc.\nA FOOD WEB shows how the food chains in an ecosystem are linked together.\n\nSo in your question, start with the plant and link things together:\n\nSunlower --> rabbit ------>human\n         --> deer --------> ?\n         --> grasshopper -> ?\n\nNOTE: can't be shown here in text, but 'sunflower' has three arrows pointing away from it; each organism is only written once. Have a look at the pages below:
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What will happen is that the plant will die coz chlorophyll is a pigment in plants that enables the plant to produce it's own food for survival so without chlorophyll it won't be able to produce it's own food thus resulting to death of the plant.
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Both food chains and food webs are ecological models, that is, simplified representations of some aspects of an ecosystem. \nIn the case of a food chain, it's a schematic representation of the "eats/is eaten by" relationship; really simple and unidimensional. Each trophic level is occupied by one species, and arrows indicate who eats who. \nThis is a diagram of a simple food chain:\nhttp://www.ddc2000.com/products/samples/s2kwebdemo/support/data/unit00/06images/2502.jpg\n\nHowever, in most ecosystems there are many different species in each trophic level, and many organisms that may occupy different levels (for instance an omnivorous animal can be both a first order and second order consumer). Thus, the food web is a more complex model, usually a better approximation to reality, in which many arrows go from and to each component. \nA food web looks like this:\nhttp://www.agen.ufl.edu/~chyn/age2062/lect/lect_28/40_07.GIF\n\nMore complicated, but the same type of model that only shows trophic (alimentary) relationships.
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Flies eat dead animals, pollinate a wide variety of plants, and are a food source for a multitude of animals and a few carnivorous plants. Some help moderate the populations of other invertebrates. \nWithout them there'd be a radical shift in the ecology, some species would go extinct, others would expand and (yes, this is an oversimplification) diversify in response to the vacant ecological niches.
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Mostly, they don't unless their in zoos.  Once there habitat is gone, they're gone.  Squirrels are the exception.
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Ok, you probably mean the zooplankton.\nGenerally, you would name producers the algae (phytoplankton), that   photosynthesise, primary consumers the zooplankton (or some small fish, or some insects, crustaceans, etc) that eat the producers (they are herbivorous) and secondary producers the fish or crustaceans etc that eat the primary consumers.\nIn a pond ecosystem, the main primary consumers would be some insects and zooplankton, and secondary consumers some bigger animals (not necessarily aquatic)\nI would give you some on-line references but I do not know what exactly you need to find, or how specific or general information you need. Anyways, I give you a couple of websites, but I really don't know what exactly you need.\nIf you posted a comment with more details, I could edit my answer, trying to include more info
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pollution and devastation to the environment\n\nspecies invasion\n\nover consumption leading to extinction\n\nand, basically natural disasters
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Losing any plant can drastically affect the local environment.  Loss of the phlox (which grows on sandy soil) is bound to have serious erosion consequenses as the roots of the phlox bind the soil together.  Insects will lose a source of nectar and so the food chain will suffer further up.  \nYou may find the site belwo of interest...;
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Those with a broad niche would be more likely to survive.\n\nNiche- Ecology \na. The function or position of an organism or population within an ecological community.\nb. The particular area within a habitat occupied by an organism.\n\nIn other words, a niche can be where an organism lives or what it eats, etc.  An organism with a narrow niche would, for example, only be able to live in a very specific area or have a very specific diet.  An organism with a broad niche would have a broader range of conditions under which it could survive or locations in which it could survive.\n\nExample- Bird species A and B both live on a certain island.  Species A can only eat seed produced by one species of plant, whereas species B can eat several different types of seeds, including those eaten by species A.  Species A has a narrow niche, and species B has a broad niche.  If something happens to the plant that species A depends on for survival, then species A will die out and species B will simply eat the other types of seed that are part of its diet.
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Mutations can either lead to a loss or gain of function.  Mutations that lead to functional losses are usually recessive, and result in less fit organisms.  Dominant mutations that yield functional gains lead to more fit animals, that produce more viable offspring, which in time, may lead to speciation.
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I won't answer your question directly, since it's YOUR homework.  However, one thing that I will tell you is that wildlife needs food in its habitat.  So, if you can think of a forest management practice that increases the availability of food for an animal, you have found a way to improve the habitat for that animal.  I hope that helps you.
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Salinity will decrease a bit, but it won't be very significant.  \n\nLower salinity fish might move out of their environments and colonize other parts of the oceans.
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Where is it that you live?? Maybe loss of habitat in your area has caused them to leave for better places where more food can be found....if there was a swamp in your area that was filled in it could cause the insect population to drop and since insects are thier food of choice maybe there isnt enough anymore. I dont think that any type of animal can be banned from living where it wants but I am fairly certain that human interference is probably what caused them to leave the area in which you live.