Question

In this food chain, we would classify plant as

Answer 1

producer

Step-by-step explanation:

Producers are organisms who make (or produce) their own food. Plants are producers. Plants are autotrophic, meaning that they self-feed through the process of photosynthesis. Without plants in the food chain creating energy from a non-living source (the sun) the rest of the food chain would not exist.

Answer 2

It's helpful to classify animals in a simple food chain by what they eat, or where they get their energy. Green plants, called producers, form the basis of the aquatic food chain. They get their energy from the sun and make their own food through photosynthesis.

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