c onsumers : h erbivores, c arnivores and o mnivores mrs. mcvey guilmette middle school 5 th grade...
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CONSUMERS: HERBIVORES, CARNIVORES AND OMNIVORESMrs. McVey
Guilmette Middle School
5th Grade Science Teacher
CONTENT OBJECTIVE
In this lesson students will learn about the three types of consumers (herbivore, carnivore and omnivore).
Students will be able to identify what each type of consumer eats.
REVIEW: WHAT IS A CONSUMER?
Consume means “to eat”
Consumers in the food chain consume (eat) plants or other organisms to get their energy for food.
THE LATIN ROOT WORD
“VORE”To eat
HERBIVOREHerb is the Latin word for plant
An herbivore is a plant eater
HERBIVORE: CATERPILLAR
Caterpillar’s eat plants.
Plant eaters are herbivores.
HERBIVORE: ZEBRAZebra’s eat plants, which includes grass.
Zebra’s are herbivores.
CARNIVORECarne Latin word for eating meat carnivore
A is a meat eaterA carnivore eats other organisms.
CARNIVORE: SNAKEA snake eats mice and other small animals.
Animals are organisms.
Snakes are carnivores.
CARNIVORE: OWLOwls eat snakes and small rodents.
Snakes and rodents are organisms.
An owl is a carnivore.
CARNIVORE: SPIDERA spider eats insects and small animals.
Insects are organisms.
A spider is a carnivore.
OMNIVOREOmni is Latin for allAn ominivore is “all” eating
Eats both plants and organisms.
OMNIVORE: GRIZZLY BEAR
Grizzly bears eat berries.
Grizzly bears eat fish and other organisms (animals).
Plants Organisms
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