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PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS, and DECOMPOSERS Foldable Objective: Can I identify producers, consumers, scavengers, and decomposers in a food chain or food web?

1. Producers Organisms that use sunlight directly to make food They do this by a process called PHOTOSYNTHESIS

PRODUCER EXAMPLES: Grass, Plants, Trees Corn

Reality Check Can I identify producers, consumers, scavengers, and decomposers in a food chain or food web? So, what is a producers?

2. Consumers Organisms that eat producers or other organisms for energy!

There are 4 Types of Consumers : Herbivores Carnivores Omnivores Scavenger

A. Herbivores Consumer that eats plants

B. Carnivores Consumer that eats animals (meat).

C. Omnivores A consumer that eats both plants and animals.

D. Scavenger Feeds on the bodies of dead animals.

Reality Check Can I identify producers, consumers, scavengers, and decomposers in a food chain or food web?

3.Decomposers Organisms that get energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms. Known as NATURE’S RECYCLERS and adds nutrients to the soil!

Decomposer Examples: Bacteria and Fungi

Reality Check Can I identify producers, consumers, scavengers, and decomposers in a food chain or food web?

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