Why are producers an essential component of an ecosystem

Producers are an essential component of an ecosystem because they create food from inorganic matter for the consumers to eat. Plants like lichens and algae are key producers that convert water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates. If not for producers, the consumers probably would not have as much or any food to eat!

Explanation:

the potatoes have high sugar concentrations and although these potatoes were different we could seethe effects that their sugar concentrations had in different environments. for example, the potatoes in sample a, were placed in pure water. this created a hypertonic environment and caused the potatoes to draw in water from its surroundings. we saw the opposite happen with the potatoes in sample b when placed in the sodium chloride solution. the potatoes in this case were in a hypotonic solution and therefore lost water to their surroundings.