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What did you have for lunch today? Plant Animal

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Page 1: Producers and consumers

What did you have for lunch today?

Plant Animal

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Why do you need to eat?

Where do plants get their energy from?

All living things consumer energy!

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Two types of organisms

1.Producers2.Consumers

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Producers

• Get their energy directly from the sun!• Use photosynthesis to create food for

themselves using the sun’s energy.• Can’t move!• Also called AUTOTROPHS: makes their own

food

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Consumers

• Get their energy by eating plants or other animals

• Also called HETEROTROPHS: must acquire energy from other organisms