Producers, Consumers, Decomposers

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Producers, Consumers, Decomposers

• Its all about what you eat!

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An organism is ..

• Any independent living thing
• Can be as small as a single celled bacteria
• Or as large as a whale!

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The three categories of the food chain are..

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• They are all dependent on each other.

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Producers Are-

• Producers get their food and energy from the sun.
  (PLANTS)
• They make their food through a process called
  photosynthesis.

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Consumers

• Consumers need to eat their food to get energy.
  (ANIMALS)

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Types of consumers are

• There are THREE types of Consumers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Omnivores.
• Its still all about what you eat!

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Carnivores only eat meat (other animals)
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Herbivores eat only plants.
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Omnivores eat both meat (animals) and plants.
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StopReviewCheckTurn to your partner and tell
them the meaning of each word. Also give two
examples of each.

• Carnivore
• Herbivore
• Omnivore

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Decomposers

• Decomposers eat dead things and turn them back
  into dirt, or soil. YUK!
• Examples
• Mushrooms
• Worms
• Bugs

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What would the world look like without
decomposers (bacteria and fungi?
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How they relate
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StopReviewCheckTurn to your partner and tell
them the meaning of each word. Also give two
example of each.

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers

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On a sheet of note book paper describe the
following animals as either a producer, consumer
or decomposer. For the consumers, make sure to
include if they are a carnivore, herbivore or
omnivore. Please use complete sentences! (Ex A
_____ is a ______.)

1. Bear
2. Shark
3. Rabbit
4. Cherry tree
5. Mushroom
6. Human
7. Tulip (flower)

• 8. Panther
• 9. Giraffe
• 10. Worm

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Answer Key

1. Consumer / Omnivore
2. Consumer / Carnivore
3. Consumer / Herbivore
4. Producer
5. Decomposer
6. Consumer / Omnivore
7. Producer
8. Consumer / Carnivore
9. Consumer / Herbivore
10. Decomposer