ECOLOGY WORDS 10-15

10. PRODUCER-

- - Organisms that Organisms that contribute to the contribute to the food chainfood chain

- Producers perform - Producers perform photosynthesis and photosynthesis and can make their own can make their own foodfood

Includes all green Includes all green plantsplants

11. CONSUMER-

An organism that An organism that eats or consumes eats or consumes food to obtain food to obtain energyenergy

All All animals are animals are consumersconsumers

There are 3 types of There are 3 types of consumersconsumers

12. HERBIVORE-

A consumer that A consumer that eats only plants eats only plants

Can you name Can you name some herbivores?some herbivores?

13. CARNIVORE-

A consumer that A consumer that eats only other eats only other animalsanimals

Can you name Can you name some carnivores?some carnivores?

14. OMNIVORE-

Consumers that Consumers that eat both plants and eat both plants and animalsanimals

Humans are Humans are omnivores omnivores

TYPES OF CONSUMERS

H ER BIVO R ESonly ea ts p lan ts

C AR N IVO R ESonly ea ts an im als

O M N IVO R ESeats bo th p lants and an im als

C O N SU M ERSeats or consum es food to ob ta in energy

15. DECOMPOSER-

An organism that An organism that changes dead changes dead organisms into organisms into chemicals that can chemicals that can be used againbe used again

Often called the Often called the “recyclers” of “recyclers” of naturenature

MORE EXAMPLES OF PRODUCERS A tulip is a A tulip is a

producerproducer Grass is a Grass is a

producerproducer Even a venus fly Even a venus fly

trap is a producertrap is a producer

MORE EXAMPLES OF CONSUMERS A fox is a A fox is a

consumer. Can you consumer. Can you name what kind of name what kind of consumer it is?consumer it is?

What about a dog?What about a dog? What kind of What kind of

consumer is a deer?consumer is a deer?

WERE YOU RIGHT????

A fox is an omnivore!!A fox is an omnivore!!

A dog is true carnivore, A dog is true carnivore, however since dogs have however since dogs have been domesticated been domesticated sometimes they are sometimes they are classified as an omnivoreclassified as an omnivore

And a deer of course is And a deer of course is an herbivorean herbivore

Why are decomposers so important to our ecosystem?? They get rid of rotting They get rid of rotting

corpses (bodies) in the corpses (bodies) in the environmentenvironment

They also put back They also put back needed nutrients into needed nutrients into the soil so new the soil so new producers can growproducers can grow

That is why they are That is why they are called the recyclers of called the recyclers of nature!nature!