What is the BEST reason that producers are the most numerous group in an ecosystem?

Producers make food and energy for themselves, and don't have to waste any energy hunting or scavenging for food. They also reproduce more effortlessly than consumers, and their genetic diversity is also a factor that keeps them abundant and numerous.

Chloroplasts use this energy to create sugar molecules that help the plants grow and reproduce. ... Plants use the carbon dioxide and water, and the cycle begins again. In order to obtain energy, animals do not always have to eat plants. They can also get energy from eating other animals that eat plants.