producers, consumers, and decomposers the connections among life

Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

The Connections Among Life

Producer: Organism which produces its own food by using energy from the sun

www.chappyspowerorganics.com/ mycinnoc.html www.edhelper.com/plants.htm

www.tadininc.com/ tadin%20map1.htm

www.afaith.com/photos/ tree.jpg

ckso.uhome.net/gallery/ grass.jpg

www.snfisher.com/Plants/ thumbs_d/thumbs_p.html

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Consumer: Organism which doesn’t make its own food, but gets it from eating plants or other animals

www.mnzoo.com/animals/ index.asp

www.busy-bees.com.au/

JIGSAWPUZZLES3years+.html

www.dandin.com/group.html

www.healthwell.com/.../D_Backs/

Sep_00/happymeal.cfm?path=hw

www.nhm.ac.uk/science/consulting/ cmdetail.html

www.saltlake-audubon.org/ birding/story.htm

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Decomposer: Organism which digests or breaks down formerly living material

www.tiehh.ttu.edu/mhooper/ research.htm

www.nhptv.org/natureworks/

graphics/mush11.jpg

uc.rutgers.edu/medrel/photos/ bacteria-green.jpg

www.nhptv.org/natureworks/ graphics/earth11.jpg

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Do you think you can identify examples of producers,

consumers, and decomposers?

Click over there to try a few!

Which of the following are CONSUMERS?

www.scientificillustrator.com/ illustration/amphibians.html

www.tinkering.net/au_plaisir/ g1.html

www.yakscorner.com/stories/ elephant.htm

sports.espn.go.com/ golf/masters/index

pas.byu.edu/AgHrt100/ rasberry.htm

www.cinema.com/gallery/ item.phtml?ID=5692&page=2

www.reptifarm.com/foto/ boa%20cons..jpg

www.kwic.com/~pagodavista/ lorraine.html

www.growf.org/photos/ sf-2001-polar-bear-1.jpg

www.feic.com/esem/gal6.htm

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.scientificillustrator.com/art/amphibian/leopard-frog.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.scientificillustrator.com/illustration/amphibians.html&h=385&w=434&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfrog%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.tinkering.net/au_plaisir/web-tutorial/grass.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.tinkering.net/au_plaisir/g1.html&h=545&w=808&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgrass%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.yakscorner.com/images/elephant.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.yakscorner.com/stories/elephant.htm&h=369&w=250&prev=/images%3Fq%3Delephant%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=espn-i.starwave.com/%40v%3D2002110515%40/media/pga/2002/0414/photo/a_tiger_vt.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/masters/index&h=250&w=180&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtiger%2Bwoods%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=pas.byu.edu/AgHrt100/raspberry_bush.jpg&imgrefurl=http://pas.byu.edu/AgHrt100/rasberry.htm&h=201&w=216&prev=/images%3Fq%3Draspberry%2Bbush%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.cinema.com/image_lib/5692_002_thumb.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cinema.com/gallery/item.phtml%3FID%3D5692%26page%3D2&h=211&w=296&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfinding%2Bnemo%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.reptifarm.com/foto/boa%2520cons..jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.reptifarm.com/boas.htm&h=200&w=184&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dboa%2Bconstrictor%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.kwic.com/~pagodavista/pics/oriole.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kwic.com/~pagodavista/lorraine.html&h=246&w=377&prev=/images%3Fq%3Doriole%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.growf.org/photos/sf-2001-polar-bear-1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.growf.org/gallery-sf-jan2001.html&h=301&w=401&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpolar%2Bbear%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

Which of the following are DECOMPOSERS?

www.cals.ncsu.edu:8050/course/ ent425/text01/impact1.html

www.tiehh.ttu.edu/mhooper/

research.htm

www.goshen.edu/bio/Woods/ ecosystem.html

63.136.85.207/contact.htm

www.usatoday.com/.../aaas/ 2002-04-05-coop-behavior.htm

www.unep.ch/roe/par.htm

graphics.stanford.edu/courses/ cs448c-00-fall/

www.fish.com/~brad/sydney00/ sydney-botanical-flowers.jpg

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.cals.ncsu.edu:8050/course/ent425/text01/scavengers.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cals.ncsu.edu:8050/course/ent425/text01/impact1.html&h=219&w=204&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddecomposers%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG




Which of the following are PRODUCERS?

www.jardinflowers.com/ service.cfm

www.sandringhamestate.co.uk/ visitor/countrypark.html

www.photo.net/photo/pcd2488/ maple-trees-12

www.chinch-bugs.ca/ description.html www.northcoastjournal.com/ 090502/garden0905.html

www.att.com/hr/life/eoaa/

www.le.ac.uk/li/sources/ subject3/animal/

Sorry! A consumer is an organism that doesn’t

make it’s own food, it gets it from eating other plants

and animals. Try again!

Sorry! A producer makes its own food with help

from the sun!

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Sorry! A decomposer digests or breaks down

formerly living organisms.

Try again!

CORRECT! That is a consumer because it eats other plants and animals

for food.

CORRECT! That is a producer because it makes its own food.

CORRECT! That is a decomposer because it digests or breaks down

formerly living organisms.

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below to proceed to section two.

Herbivore:an animal that gets its food from eating only

plants

www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/info/whats-a-herbivore.html




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Omnivore:an animal that eats other animals or plants

www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/info/

whats-an-omnivore.html

www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/info/whats-

an-omnivore.html



www.state.tx.us/NASApp/amerpromise/ AmerPromiseMgr

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Carnivore:an animal that gets its food from killing and eating other animals

www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/info/whats-a-carnivore.html




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Which one is a HERBIVORE?

www.savoie-maurienne.com/sites/

equitation/modedevie.htm

www.ifrance.com/pandageant/ alimentation.htm host20.ipowerweb.com/.../ rhynoclemys_pulcherima.jpg

www.bham-bot-gdns.demon.co.uk/ other.html

www.rick.summerhill.org/labs

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.savoie-maurienne.com/sites/equitation/images/horse4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.savoie-maurienne.com/sites/equitation/modedevie.htm&h=246&w=160&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dherbivore%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.ifrance.com/pandageant/images/panda0947.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ifrance.com/pandageant/alimentation.htm&h=325&w=238&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dherbivore%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=host20.ipowerweb.com/~julianfa/acatalog/rhynoclemys_pulcherima.jpg&imgrefurl=http://host20.ipowerweb.com/~julianfa/acatalog/SAVANNAH_Tortues_11.html&h=282&w=449&prev=/images%3Fq%3Domnivore%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.rick.summerhill.org/labs/dogs-1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rick.summerhill.org/labs/&h=354&w=420&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlabrador%2Bretrievers%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.bham-bot-gdns.demon.co.uk/jpg/birds.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bham-bot-gdns.demon.co.uk/other.html&h=314&w=300&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbirds%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

Which one is a OMNIVORE?

www.donaghe.com/images/ h-bunny1carrot.jpg

www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/info/whats-an-

omnivore.html

www.cathouse-fcc.org/images/


www.lilly.com/careers/

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.donaghe.com/images/h-bunny1carrot.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.donaghe.com/&h=357&w=500&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dherbivore%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/organisms/raccoon.html

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.cathouse-fcc.org/images/southafrica01/giraffe.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/southafrica01.html&h=484&w=504&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgiraffe%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/organisms/squirrel.html

Which one is a CARNIVORE?






www.ci.glendale.az.us/ Employment

http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/organisms/blackratsnake.html

http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/organisms/wolf.html

http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/organisms/cockroach.html

http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/marssim/simhtml/organisms/moose.html

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.ci.glendale.az.us/Employment/images/Human.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ci.glendale.az.us/Employment/&h=272&w=340&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhuman%26start%3D80%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

Sorry! A herbivore is an animal that only eats plants.

Try again

Sorry! An omnivore is an animal that eats plants and animals.

Try again

Sorry! A carnivore only eats meat.

Try again

Correct! That is a herbivore because it eats only plants.

Correct! That is an omnivore because it eats both plants and

animals.

Correct! That is a carnivore because it eats only meat.

Congratulations!!! You have just finished the activity.

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