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Plants Plants • • • • Multicellular Autotrophs Photosynthetic organisms Kingdom Plantae Roles of Plants in the Environment • Photosynthesis • Nitrogen fixation • Producers in food webs Photosynthesis • Process by which plants make energy for themselves – Happens in chloroplast of cell • Chlorophyll- pigment found in chloroplast • Take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere • Release oxygen Nitrogen Fixation • Bacteria on roots of plant change nitrogen in the air into a useable form for other organisms – Most organisms cannot use atmospheric nitrogen Producers • Plants are producers in a food web- they produce food for the consumers • Basis of food webs and chains • All consumers rely on producers • Producers are the limiting factor to how large a population of consumers can get