Question

1. How does the equations help explain the role of

producers in the ecosystem?

1. Producers create energy for other organisms to consume.
2. Producers convert sunlight into usable energy and Nitrogen.
3. Producers convert carbon dioxide and water into sugar.
4. Producers create Carbon dioxide for other organisms.
2. Aerobic Cellular Respiration is important to organisms because
1. It allows plants to produce sugar for food.
2. It releases the oxygen needed by plants for photosynthesis.
3. It converts sugars to usable energy that all organisms need.
4. It helps animals digest the sugars when they eat plants.

Answer 1

1. Producers create energy for other organisms to consume.

2. It converts sugars to usable energy that all organisms need

Step-by-step explanation:

All living organisms require energy, which they obtain by feeding on one another in an ecosystem. The series of feeding steps involved is called FOOD CHAIN. Food chain always starts with an organism called PRODUCER, which is an autotroph i.e. capable of producing its own food by using light energy from sunlight e.g plants. All other organisms in the food chain are directly or indirectly dependent on plants to get energy. This is because plants and other autotrophs create the energy that is being transferred as the food chain progresses.

2. Cellular respiration is an important phenomenon for all living organism because it is the metabolic process by which they obtain the usable energy by their cells i.e. ATP. Food molecules in form of sugar (glucose) eaten by organisms are broken down in the presence of oxygen (aerobic) to yield ATP molecules, which is the energy currency of every living cell. This energy is used to perform the organism's life activities.