1. Energy, Producers, and Consumers
Chapter 3.2
Energy, Producers, and Consumers

2. Primary Producers
The first producers of energy-rich compounds that are used by other organisms.
______________:
Capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and convert it so living cells can use it.
_________ __________to make available to other organisms that eat them.

4. Life without Light Chemosynthesis:
It’s like PHOTOsynthesis but without sunlight.
The energy comes from the oxidization (_________) of chemicals which seep up from the Earth's crust.
Chemosynthetic organisms live in deep oceans, deep-sea volcanic vents or hot springs.

5. Consumers Heterotrophs: 6 kinds of consumers: :
Also called “consumers”
6 kinds of consumers:
Omnivores: animals that eat plants & other animals
Herbivores: animals that only eat plants
Carnivores: animals that only eat meat
Scavengers, Decomposers, and Detritivores

6. Consumers
What type of consumer is this?

7. Consumers
What type of consumer is this?

8. Consumers
What type of consumer is this?

9. Consumers
What type of consumer is this?
Omnivore!

10. Abiotic Factors Do the rest…
From page 71 define the remaining 3 types of consumers…

11. Closing
On your notecard: Turn in when finished.