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Producer (Autotroph)
– Make their own food (usually through
photosynthesis)
Ex: plants (even the Venus Flytrap!)
All organisms play a role in their
ecosystem:
Consumers (Heterotroph)
– Can’t make its own food
– Gets energy from eating other organisms
1. Herbivores – eats plants
2. Carnivores – eats animals
3. Omnivores – eats plants & animals
• Scavengers – eats dead animals
All organisms play a role in their
ecosystem:
Decomposers
– Break down waste and dead organisms to return
raw materials to the environment
Ex: bacteria, fungi, worms
A world with no decomposers?
Producer or Consumer?
Consumer (herbivore)
Producer or Consumer?
Producer
Producer or Consumer?
Consumer (omnivore)
Producer or Consumer?
Consumer (carnivore)
Energy enters an ecosystem as…
SUNLIGHT!!!
Source
of
energy!
Food Chain
1. Producers
2. 1st Level (Primary)
Consumers
3. 2nd Level (Secondary)
Consumers
4. 3rd Level (Tertiary)
Consumers
5. 4th Level (Quaternary)
Consumers
Ecological Pyramid Models