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Question
Correct and rewrite the following statement and justify your correction.
Plants in an ecosystem are called primary consumers.
Solution
The statement is Correct.
Justification:
Plants in an ecosystem are producers. They are autotrophs who can produce their own food, and other organisms depend on them to meet their nutritional requirements.
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