Transcript Lesson 2 Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

Producers,
Consumers,
Decomposers
Food Chains/
Food Webs
 Organisms
that use energy
from the sun to produce their
own food (photosynthesis)
 Examples: Plants, algae and
some bacteria
Organisms
that get
energy by eating other
organisms
3 types of Consumers
 Eats
only plants
 Herb is Latin for plants
 Common Forest Herbivores:
deer and rabbits
 Common African
Herbivores: Zebra and
elephants
 Eats
other animals
 Carn is Latin for flesh or
meat
 Marine Ecosystems: sharks,
walruses, and seals
 Land Ecosystems: lions,
wolves, hawks, and eagles
Eat
both plants and
animals
Omni is Latin for all or
everything
Examples: pigs, bears,
raccoons, and humans
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
Shows
the path of
energy as it flows
from one organism
to the next
A
diagram of
several connected
food chains
FOOD CHAIN
(just one path of energy)
FOOD WEB
(everything is connected!)
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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