1. My Ecosystem Project
Caitlyn Page
4th Grade

2. This bush is an organism that gets nutrients from the sun in order to survive.
Trees, grass, wheat and flowers are other examples of producers.
Producers

3. This cricket is a consumer because it eats food
This cricket is a consumer because it eats food. Crickets like to eat leaves, fungi and fruit but they are also known to eat insects or bugs.
They can also be called omnivorous because they eat plants and animals or known as prey for snakes and fish.
Crickets are also considered “good luck”.
Consumers

4. Shell fungi is a decomposer of dead trees
Shell fungi is a decomposer of dead trees. They recycle dead trees into chemical nutrients like nitrogen and carbon. Then they release those chemicals back into the soil, air and water.
Decomposers

5. Parakeets are omnivores eating mainly insects, seeds leaves, plants, grass, fruit and ferns.
Humans, chickens, pigs, squirrels and fish are more examples of omnivores.
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Omnivores

6. The tortoise eats only plants. Their diet consist of 100% plant food.
Rabbits are herbivores too!
Herbivores

7. Cats are carnivores because they feed on other animals
Cats are carnivores because they feed on other animals. They get their nutrients from meat including water. A cat’s prey is 70-75% water
Carnivores

8. Predators Pink Toe Tarantula
Also known as a spider. Spiders help control the insect population by eating insects. Common prey of the tarantula are crickets, fruit flies, moths and flies.
Predators

9. This is a rat. It is hunted by snakes, hawks, owls, foxes, and cats.
Prey

10. Earthworms are interdependent
Earthworms are interdependent. They take in nutrients from the dead pants and animals they eat. Then they excrete wastes rich in nitrogen and phosphorus back into the soil. Earthworms also help loosen the soil so air can circulate and help plants grow.
Interdependence

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