Producers get the energy they need from the sun. Consumers get their energy from the plants and animals that they eat. Decomposers get energy from eating dead plants and animals.<span />
Stephen Crane was both a novelist and a C. reporter, although he left that other job and became a full time writer.
Respiration occurs when glucose<span> (</span>sugar<span> produced during photosynthesis) combines with </span>oxygen<span> to produce useable cellular energy. This energy is used to fuel growth and all of the normal cellular functions. </span>Carbon dioxide<span> and water are formed as </span>by-products<span> of respiration.</span>
