Combined Science GCSE
Producer
What Producer means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Producer
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Reference: AQA
The organism that all food chains begin with, which synthesises molecules and is usually a green plant or alga making glucose by photosynthesis.
Topics that use Producer
- Levels of organisation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Abiotic factors and species distribution
- Accuracy of plotting
- Biomass
- Community
- Food chain
- Line or curve of best fit
- Mean
- Median
Using Producer in the exam
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