consumers
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Consumers
Ecosystems
Components of a Food Chain
2. PRODUCERS
3. CONSUMERS
4. DECOMPOSER
1. SUN
•Producers are organisms that can make their own food using air, sunlight, and water
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants make their own food using the sun’s energy, water and carbon dioxide.
Photosynthesis
*Formula for photosynthesis:
COCO22 + H + H22O + O + sunlight sunlight O O22 + C + C66HH1212OO66
= Oxygen + GlucoseCarbon Dioxide + Water + Sunlight
Create the Food Chain
Create the Food Chain
Components of a Food Chain
2. PRODUCERS
3. CONSUMERS
4. DECOMPOSER
1. SUN
Consumers: Consumers cannot make their own food. *Consumers are organisms that must eat
other organisms (plants or animals) for their food.
Types of Consumers
Consumers come in all shapes and sizes and eat very different things.
Herbivores1. *Herbivores
are plant-eating consumers.
Carnivores2. *Carnivores
are meat-eating consumers.
Omnivores3. *Omnivores are
consumers that eat both plants and animals.
Scavengers4. *Scavengers are
consumers that eat dead plants or dead animals (carrion).
*Levels of Consumers
Primary (1°) Consumers = “first eaters”
Secondary (2°) Consumers = “second eaters”
Tertiary (3°) Consumers = “third eaters”
Who is the Primary Consumer?
Who is the Secondary Consumer?
The Mouse is the 1° Consumer (he ate the corn/plant)
The Cat is the 2° Consumer
(he ate the mouse)
Primary 1°Consumer
Quaternary 4° Consumer
Secondary 2°Consumer
Tertiary 3°Consumer