1. Activity 80 Nature’s Recyclers

2. Producer (autotroph) Produce their own food using sunlight (photosynthesis) or chemicals (chemosynthetic). Ex. Plant, chemosynthetic bacteria

3. Consumer (heterotroph) Can not produce their own food and must eat other organisms to get their energy. Ex. Animal

4. Decomposer A type of consumer (heterotroph) that breaks down waste and dead organisms. Ex. Bacteria, Fungi, Worms

5. Bacteria Smallest and simplest living things, no nucleus First form of life on Earth Reproduce by binary fission Can survive for millions of years by forming a protein coat called an endospore. Can be producers or consumers( decomposers or parasites).

6. Bacteria have 3 shapes Bacilli or rod shaped Cocci or spherical Spirilla or spiral shaped

7. Two Kingdoms 1 Archaebacteria- primitive and live in extreme environments. 2. Eubacteria – most bacteria.

8. Pair/ Share With your elbow partner, come up with 3 ways bacteria can be helpful and 3 ways it can be harmful.

9. Helpful Bacteria Nitrogen fixing bacteria change N2 in the air into a form that plants can use. Return nutrients back into environment by decomposition. Bioremediation- some bacteria can beak down harmful pollutants into harmless chemicals.

10. Helpful Bacteria (continued) Genetically engineered bacteria are used to produce medicine like insulin, antibiotics. Bacteria is used to make food like cheese, yogurt, sour cream… Intestinal bacteria help digest food and absorb vitamins.

11. Important part of the food web

13. Harmful Bacteria Pathogenic bacteria – can cause diseases in people, animals, plants, protists and fungi. Spoils food. Antibiotic resistant bacteria are on the rise.