Question

How do producers play a part in the recycling of matter? (1 point)

Answer Choices
Producers break down glucose.

Producers convert light energy into chemical energy in molecules.

Producers break down the cells of dead plants and animals.

Producers make glucose in the absence of light.

Answer 1

Producers convert light energy into chemical energy in molecules.

They photosynthesize (make glucose from CO2 and H2O), creating organic matter that enters food webs and is returned to the environment by consumers and decomposers.