Question

What is the main difference between producers and consumers with examples?

Answer 1

Producers :

1. Producers are organisms that produce their own food by using different components in their surroundings.
2. These are also called autotrophs.

Consumers :

1. Consumers are the organisms that depend on the producers to obtain their food and energy.
2. These organisms are also called heterotrophs.

Producers	Consumers
1. These organisms prepare their food using the elements of nature.	These organisms cannot prepare their own food and depend on other creatures.
2. Producers belong to the bottommost level of the trophic level.	2. Consumers belong to the upper levels of the trophic levels.
3. These organisms follow the autotrophic mode of nutrition.	3. These organisms follow the heterotrophic mode of nutrition.
4. Green plants that synthesize food are an example of producers.	4. Animals that feed on plants are examples of consumers.