How would this author rank the following organisms based on their order of importance (from least important to most important) to the food chain?

· sun

· producers

· consumers

· carnivores

a. sun, producers, consumers, carnivores

b. producers, sun, carnivores, consumers

c. carnivores, consumers, producers, sun

d. the order does not matter as they all are equally important.

e. the order does not matter as the job of each changes based on the food chain they are in