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harkovskaia [24]
3 years ago
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jolli1 [7]3 years ago
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They are among the only types of organisms that get their energy from a non-living thing, and they give energy to Primary consumers, which give energy to secondary consumers, which give energy to tertiary consumers, which can give energy to decomposers, etc.
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