Consumers

Ecosystems

Components of a Food Chain

2. PRODUCERS

3. CONSUMERS

4. DECOMPOSER

1. SUN

•Producers are organisms that can make their own food using air, sunlight, and water

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants make their own food using the sun’s energy, water and carbon dioxide.

Photosynthesis

*Formula for photosynthesis:

COCO22 + H + H22O + O + sunlight sunlight O O22 + C + C66HH1212OO66

= Oxygen + GlucoseCarbon Dioxide + Water + Sunlight

Create the Food Chain

Create the Food Chain

Components of a Food Chain

2. PRODUCERS

3. CONSUMERS

4. DECOMPOSER

1. SUN

Consumers: Consumers cannot make their own food. *Consumers are organisms that must eat

other organisms (plants or animals) for their food.

Types of Consumers

Consumers come in all shapes and sizes and eat very different things.

Herbivores1. *Herbivores

are plant-eating consumers.

Carnivores2. *Carnivores

are meat-eating consumers.

Omnivores3. *Omnivores are

consumers that eat both plants and animals.

Scavengers4. *Scavengers are

consumers that eat dead plants or dead animals (carrion).

*Levels of Consumers

Primary (1°) Consumers = “first eaters”

Secondary (2°) Consumers = “second eaters”

Tertiary (3°) Consumers = “third eaters”

Who is the Primary Consumer?

Who is the Secondary Consumer?

The Mouse is the 1° Consumer (he ate the corn/plant)

The Cat is the 2° Consumer

(he ate the mouse)

Primary 1°Consumer

Quaternary 4° Consumer

Secondary 2°Consumer

Tertiary 3°Consumer