<h3><u>Answer;</u></h3>
producers
In an ecosystem, phytoplankton are <u>producers</u>.
<h3><u>Explanation;</u></h3>
- <em><u>Phytoplankton are the primary producers of their ecosystem, since they are the first organisms to produce energy, which they create from light sources, such as the Sun.</u></em>
- They convert acquired light energy into carbohydrates through the process of photosynthesis. Energy not used by the phytoplankton for maintenance is available as food for the animals that consume it.
The structure of the lipid bilayer allows small, uncharged substances such as oxygen and carbon dioxide, and hydrophobic molecules such as lipids, to pass through the cell membrane, down their concentration gradient, by simple diffusion.
Sex linked disorders are heritable characteristic carried by a sex chromosome.
