1. PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS, and DECOMPOSERS
Objective:
Can I identify producers, consumers, scavengers, and decomposers in a food chain or food web?

2. ALL LIVING THINGS NEED
Energy
TO SURVIVE

3. is the source of energy for almost all living things
SUNLIGHT
is the source of energy for almost all living things

4. On a Post It note: Write: P = C= D=
Write examples of plants/animals that are producers, consumers, and decomposers.

5. Organisms that use sunlight directly to make food
1. Producers
Organisms that use sunlight directly to make food
They do this by a process called PHOTOSYNTHESIS

6. PRODUCER EXAMPLES:
Grass, Plants,
Trees Corn

7. Reality Check
Can I identify producers, consumers, scavengers, and decomposers in a food chain or food web?

8. Organisms that eat producers or other organisms for energy!
2. Consumers
Organisms that eat producers or other organisms for energy!

9. There are 4 Types of Consumers:
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Scavenger

10. A. Herbivores
Consumer that eats plants

11. B. Carnivores
Consumer that
eats animals (meat).

12. C. Omnivores
A consumer
that eats both
plants and animals.

13. Herbivore Carnivore Omnivore
Shark
Koala
Raccoon
Fox
Deer
Hedgehog
Snake
Rabbit
Tiger
Chicken
Horse
Rhino
Bear

14. D. Scavenger
Feeds on the bodies of
dead animals.

15. Weird Science
Having survived for 300 million years, the common cockroach may be the most successful and well-adapted scavenger of all time. Cockroaches scavenged dinosaur leftovers long before they survived on the crumbs and kitchen scraps of humans. Dead skin and fingernails are a real treat for them; leftover food is a delicacy. If these tasty morsels aren’t available, cockroaches can survive on such unlikely food sources as shoe polish, paint, and soap.

16. Reality Check
Can I identify producers, consumers, scavengers, and decomposers in a food chain or food web?

17. Known as NATURE’S RECYCLERS and adds nutrients to the soil!
3.Decomposers
Organisms that get energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms.
Known as NATURE’S RECYCLERS and adds nutrients to the soil!

18. Decomposer Examples:
Bacteria and Fungi

19. Ex. Of producer, consumer, decomposer, and scavenger

20. Video Clip

21. Reality Check
Can I identify producers, consumers, scavengers, and decomposers in a food chain or food web?

22. Predator: Eat Prey Example: A Lion eats a rabbit.
The lion is the predator.

23. Prey: The organism that is eaten
Example:
The Lion (predator)
eats the Rabbit (prey).
The PREY is
the Rabbit

24. Turn to the next open page in your notebook
Draw 2 producers and label them
Draw 2 herbivores and label them
Draw 1 Carnivore and label it
Draw 1 Omnivore and label it
Draw 2 Scavengers and label them
Draw 1 Decomposer and label it