Question

Show with the help of a sketch that the plants are the ultimate source of food.

Answer 1

Plants are producers:

1. The plants are called the producers of the entire ecosystem.
   
2. Producers are the ultimate source of food in all food chains in the environment.
3. Plants are called autotrophs because they can produce their food.
   
4. As given in the food chain, the plant is the main source of all nutrients to all the other consumers.
   
5. All the organisms in the ecosystem are directly or indirectly dependent on it.
   
6. Even carnivores that eat herbivores are also indirectly dependent on plants as herbivores eat plants.
7. Therefore, plants are the ultimate source of food.
   

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