1. NOTES - How to Make a Living Energy in the form of food is key to staying alive Every living thing has a certain way to get energy (‘make a living’)

2. Key Vocabulary Producer is an organism that makes its own food Consumer is an organism that gets its food from another organism

3. Key Vocabulary Primary consumer is an organism that eats a producer Secondary consumer is an organism that eats another organism that ate a producer

4. Format for Following Notes: 1.The xxxxx Way -- ____________ Is it a producer or consumer? Describe the method: Organism examples: Extra notes if applicable

5. Photosynthesis PRODUCER Method: Absorb sun’s energy and transform it into chemical energy in the form of food (carbohydrate – glucose) Examples: plants, algae, some bacteria The Green Way

6. The Gentle Way HERBIVORE Primary consumers Method: graze on plants Examples: snails, deer, grasshoppers, rabbits, monkeys

7. The Carnivorous Way CARNIVOUR Secondary consumer Method: kill and eat other animals Examples: frogs, snakes, owls, lions, some plants Predator: carnivore that hunts down and kills another animal (prey)

8. The Either/Or Way OMNIVORE Primary or secondary consumer Method: grazes on producers or feeds on other animals Examples: bears, foxes

9. The Lazy Way PARASITISM Consumer Method: take food from other organisms, usually without killing them Examples: mistletoe, leeches, tapeworms

10. The Win-Win Way SYMBIOSIS Consumer Method: two organisms live together mutually to help each other survive Examples: plant roots & fungi  plant roots provide food to fungi, and fungi help plants absorb soil nutrients

11. The Necessary Way SCAVENGING Secondary (or tertiary) consumer Method: feed on dead animals (w/o killing) Examples: vultures, jackals

12. The Recycling Way DECOMPOSING Neither – decomposer! Method: chemically break down dead organisms and returns nutrients to the soil Examples: bacteria, fungi, worms Makes the soil healthy!

13. Check Yourself!