1. Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
Food Chains/
Food Webs

2. Producers
Organisms that use energy from the sun to produce their own food (photosynthesis)
Examples: Plants, algae and some bacteria

5. Consumers Organisms that get energy by eating other organisms
3 types of Consumers

6. Herbivores Eats only plants Herb is Latin for plants
Common Forest Herbivores: deer and rabbits
Common African Herbivores: Zebra and elephants

8. Carnivore Eats other animals Carn is Latin for flesh or meat
Marine Ecosystems: sharks, walruses, and seals
Land Ecosystems: lions, wolves, hawks, and eagles

10. Omnivores Eat both plants and animals
Omni is Latin for all or everything
Examples: pigs, bears, raccoons, and humans

12. Decomposers Get energy by breaking down nutrients in dead organisms
Examples: Termites and earthworms

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15. Food Chain
Shows the path of energy as it flows from one organism to the next

18. Food Web
A diagram of several connected food chains

20. FOOD WEB (everything is connected!)
FOOD CHAIN (just one path of energy)

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