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Explain why the role of a consumer is important in an economic system

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It is important because it keeps the other animals in check.

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They keep the animals in check so there isn't an overpopulation of a certain animal.

Let's take sea otters for an example, the sea otters keep the sea urchins in check so they don't eat all the kelp. When there was a massive decrease in sea otters due to orcas eating them, the kelp was disappearing and the sea urchins were growing in population.

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