C ONSUMERS : H ERBIVORES, C ARNIVORES AND O MNIVORES Mrs. McVey Guilmette Middle School 5 th Grade Science Teacher

C ONTENT O BJECTIVE 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.

R EVIEW : W HAT IS A CONSUMER ? Consume means “to eat” Consumers in the food chain consume (eat) plants or other organisms to get their energy for food.

T HE L ATIN ROOT WORD “ VORE ” To eat

H ERBIVORE Herb is the Latin word for plant An herbivore is a plant eater

H ERBIVORE : C ATERPILLAR Caterpillar’s eat plants. Plant eaters are herbivores.

H ERBIVORE : Z EBRA Zebra’s eat plants, which includes grass. Zebra’s are herbivores.

C ARNIVORE Carne Latin word for eating meat carnivore A is a meat eater A carnivore eats other organisms.

C ARNIVORE : S NAKE A snake eats mice and other small animals. Animals are organisms. Snakes are carnivores.

C ARNIVORE : O WL Owls eat snakes and small rodents. Snakes and rodents are organisms. An owl is a carnivore.

C ARNIVORE : S PIDER A spider eats insects and small animals. Insects are organisms. A spider is a carnivore.

O MNIVORE Omni is Latin for all An ominivore is “all” eating Eats both plants and organisms.

O MNIVORE : G RIZZLY B EAR Grizzly bears eat berries. Grizzly bears eat fish and other organisms (animals). PlantsOrganisms

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