How animals and plants interact Prepared by Miss. Haifaa Mesmari

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

Producers Producers get their food and energy from the sun. (PLANTS) They make their food through a process called photosynthesis.

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

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

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.