Give scientific reasons for the following statements :
Consumers are directly or indirectly dependent on green plants for energy.

Explanation

In ecosystem, green plants absorb solar energy and transform it in chemical energy. Thus at first trophiC level green plants produce food by transforming chemical energy from available solar energy.
Consumers consume other organisms or their products as food for their energy reqUirement. Flow of energy occurs in form of food from green plants to herbivores and from it to carnivores. Consumers are heterotrophic so their energy reqUirement is satisfied from lower trophic level.
Thus, consumers are directly or indirectly dependent on green plants for energy.