1. Feeding relationships

2. Herbivores eat plants Sheep: grass and other herb plants
Moa: leaves off shrubs
Aphids: plant sap

3. Carnivores eat meat Seals: fish
Cats: birds, fish, insects, lizards, mice, etc.
Trout: insects, small fish and sometimes mice!

4. Omnivore eat plants and meat
Chimpanzees eat a mix of plants and meat
Many birds, e.g. Kaka are also omnivores

5. Parasites eat other organisms - while they are still alive
Mistletoes are plants
they take nutrients/water from their host plant
Some wasps lay their eggs in other insects
The baby wasps eat the insect from the inside
Tapeworms may be living in your gut!
Mosquitos bite to get your blood

6. Decomposers break down dead organic material
Many fungi are decomposers
Worms eat dead leaves