Producers, Consumers, Decomposers Its all about what you eat!

An organism is ….. Any independent living thing Can be as small as a single celled bacteria Or as large as a whale!

The three categories of the food chain are….. Producers Consumers Decomposers They are all depend on each other.

Producers Are- Producers get their food and energy from the sun. (PLANTS) They make their food through a process called photosynthesis. Energy enters the ecosystem through producers.

Consumers Consumers need to eat their food to get energy. (ANIMALS)

Types of consumers are There are THREE types of Consumers Carnivores Herbivores Omnivores. Its still all about what you eat!

Carnivores only eat meat (other animals)

Herbivores eat only plants.

Omnivores eat both meat (animals) and plants.

Decomposers Decomposers eat dead things and turn them back into dirt, or soil. Examples: Mushrooms Worms Bugs Bacteria

How they relate .