Question

Who are the producers in this food web? Check all that apply *

Answer 1

Answer:

1.Sea urchins are powerful primary consumers in the kelp forest.  2. Kelp is the producer in the kelp forests. 3. Bat star are omnivores and scavengers and at the end of the food web are tertiary consumers. 4   Phytoplankton are primary producers. 5. Zooplankton is a primary consumer in the food web.

Explanation:

1.Sea urchins are powerful primary consumer in the kelp forest because they are needed to keep the kelp anchored to the bottom of the ocean and algae . 2. Kelp is the producer in the kelp forest kelp forests provides an ecosystem for many organisms from the sea floor to the surface and provides shelter for many forms of sea life.  3. As a scavenger bat star is important in the ecosystem helping clean dead animals,  and algae from the seafloor, the bat star keeps the seafloor healthy. 4. Phytoplankton are accounted for about half of photosynthesis on the planet, which makes them an important producer of oxygen, and serves as food source for smaller sea organisms, they consume carbon dioxide that would otherwise dissolve in the sea water making it more acidic. 5. Zooplankton are the animal like primary consumers of plankton community they also provide the base for the entire food web also if plankton disappeared it would increase the levels of carbon in our air.