I need Help with the science food chain

Question

Sunlight  Rose  Honeybee  Skunk  Eagle

Which of the following is a producer in the food chain shown above?

 A. 

Skunk

 B. 

Sunlight

 C. 

Honeybee

 D. 

Rose

Answer 1

JR that is an interesting questions. Of the choices you are given, skunks and honeybees are consumers for certain. That leaves us with sunlight and a rose. Sunlight is the energy source in photosynthesis a process which plants use to produce sugars. It is not a producer in and of itself. That leaves us with the only plant in the group, a rose, and photosynthetic plants, which a rose is, are producers in the food pyramid.

I hope that helps.

(P.S. Honeybees "produce" honey, but they draw on existing substances such as vitamins and lipids to make it so they are not producers, but consumers in the food pyramid.)