How Do Living Things Get How Do Living Things Get Energy?Energy?By: Mr. HearnBy: Mr. Hearn

ObjectiveObjectiveEnergy is transferred to living things through the Energy is transferred to living things through the

food they eat.food they eat.Student knows examples of living things that are: Student knows examples of living things that are: producers, consumers, carnivores, herbivores, & producers, consumers, carnivores, herbivores, &

omnivores.omnivores.

• GLE: Students explain how plants & animals interact.

• Students understand how animals depend on plants for survival (food, shelter and oxygen).

VocabularyVocabulary

• producer• consumer• herbivore• carnivore• omnivore• prey• predator• food chain• food web

ProducerProducer

• A living thing that makes its own food

• Mostly green plants

• Connection (like produce section of the grocery store)

ConsumerConsumer

• Living things that eat food

• Examples of consumers are sharks, tigers, and people.

Three Types of ConsumersThree Types of Consumers

• Herbivore: plant eater

• Carnivore: meat eater

• Omnivore: eats all things

PreyPrey

• Any animal that is hunted by others as food.

Predator Predator

• A consumer that hunts other animals as food.

Food Chain Food Chain

• The movement of energy from one type of living thing to another.

Food WebFood Web

• The flow of energy between food chains which ties a community together.

plantsbirds

meat fish

Man