Explore the food web in a coral reef with these illustration. Identify the consumers, producers, and decomposers that are located within this ecosystem. Site includes illustration exploring the different food chains as well as questions...

This lesson will review the difference between producers and consumers, and show how both play important roles in a food web. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Producers and Consumers."

A collection of interactive visualizations that were produced through analysis of economic, political, and market research data. Topics are diverse, e.g., military spending and trade, immigration, consumer spending, crime, unemployment,...

Slideshow that looks at energy flow in an ecosystem. Explains what an ecosystem is, how energy flows through it, the producers and consumers of energy, and food chains. Links to a video about plastic debris in the ocean.

This concise site that provides an explanation of what producers are along with a short quiz to test your knowledge of producers and consumers.

This lesson will explain how to create a food web to show transfer of energy within a community. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Food Webs."

This lesson will review the difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs, and show how both play important roles in a food web. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Autotrophs vs. Heterotrophs."

A map of the United States from the U. S. Department of Agriculture (1922) showing the increasing distance lumber had to travel to go from the production areas in the south and west to the consumption areas in the east. The map shows...

This article examines how both producers and consumers can benefit with specialization and free trade.

This site examines how society can benefit by producing and consuming more of a product that causes a positive externality.

This lesson will discuss the interactions of and interdependence among living things. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Living Organisms and Their Environment."