Producers Consumers Decomposers Food Chains Food Webs Producers
Producers, Consumers, Decomposers Food Chains/ Food Webs
Producers Organisms that use energy from the sun to produce their own food (photosynthesis) Examples: Plants, algae and some bacteria
Consumers Organisms that get energy by eating other organisms 3 types of Consumers
Herbivores Eats only plants Herb is Latin for plants Common Forest Herbivores: deer and rabbits Common African Herbivores: Zebra and elephants
Carnivore Eats other animals Carn is Latin for flesh or meat Marine Ecosystems: sharks, walruses, and seals Land Ecosystems: lions, wolves, hawks, and eagles
Omnivores Eat both plants and animals Omni is Latin for all or everything Examples: pigs, bears, raccoons, and humans
Decomposers Get energy by breaking down nutrients in dead organisms Examples: Termites and earthworms
• http: //www. sheppardsoftware. com/content /animals/kidscorner/games/producersconsu mersgame. htm • http: //www. switcheroozoo. com/games/ple asedofeedtheanimals. htm • http: //www. sheppardsoftware. com/content /animals/kidscorner/games/animaldietgame. htm
Food Chain Shows the path of energy as it flows from one organism to the next
Food Web A diagram of several connected food chains
FOOD CHAIN (just one path of energy) FOOD WEB (everything is connected!)
http: //www. sheppardsoftware. com/content/animal s/kidscorner/games/foodchaingame. htm http: //www. ecokids. ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs /chain_reaction/play_chainreaction. cfm http: //www. harcourtschool. com/activity/food/foo d_menu. html http: //www. zephyrus. co. uk/foodpuzzlechain. html http: //www. gamequarium. org/cgibin/search/linfo. cgi? id=8451
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