Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

How do scientists classify organisms?

Review - Organisms

• Organisms are living things.

• All organisms are born, grow, reproduce, and die.

• Organisms need food, water, shelter, and air.

• Organisms meet their needs in their habitat.

• ​The best habitat is different for each organism.

Multiple Choice

All living things are called _________.

• Organisms

• Populations

• Habitats

• Ecosystems

Reorder

Sequence the steps of the life cycle.

• Be Born

• Grow

• Reproduce

• Die

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

Which one is true about Reproduction?

• All organisms give birth to babies.

• Plants make seeds, but all animals give birth.

• Plants make seeds, Mammals give birth, and other animals lay eggs

Multiple Choice

Organisms need ________, __________, shelter and air.

• Food and Water

• Food and Temperature

• Temperature and Water

Multiple Choice

Organisms need food, water, _________ and ________.

• Weather and Air

• Shelter and Air

• Shelter and Weather

Multiple Choice

An organism meets its needs in its _____,

which is the place where an organism lives.

• Behavior

• Trait

• Habitat

• Inherit

Open Ended

"This organism needs ____, ____, ____, and _____.

It meets its needs in its habitat, the ____."

Classifying Organisms

• Classify means divide into groups.

• Remember that scientists classify the Earth's components into 4 smaller systems to make Earth easier to study.

• Similarly, ​scientists classify organisms into categories to make the biosphere easier to study.

• ​The categories of organisms are:

  • Producers

  • Consumers

  • Decomposers​

Multiple Choice

Which word means "To divide into groups?"

• Classify

• Synthesize

• Estimate

Multiple Choice

Classify means ____.

• Put things together

• Divide things into groups

• Introduce to a school

• Make more fancy

Multiple Choice

Why do scientists classify things?

• To make them easier to study

• To make them harder to study

• They have too much free time.

Multiple Choice

To make it easier to study the Earth, scientists classify Earth's components into 4 smaller systems.

Those systems are:

• Geosphere

  Biosphere

  Hydrosphere

  Atmosphere

• Rain

  Snow

  Sleet

  Hail

• Revolve

  Rotate

  Axis

  Pole

• Food

  Water

  Shelter

  Air

Multiple Choice

To make it easier to study the Biosphere, scientists classify organisms into

3 categories

Those categories are:

• Producers

  Consumers

  Decomposers

• Stop

  Drop

  Roll

• Helpful

  Harmful

  Neutral

• Solids

  Liquids

  Gases

Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

• Produce means to make.

• So, producers make their own food from sunlight.

• Plants like flowers, ​trees, and grass are producers.

Multiple Choice

What does produce mean?

• To make

• To eat

• To break down

Multiple Choice

A _____ makes food from sunlight.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer

Multiple Choice

A producer meets its need for food by ____.

• Making food from sunlight

• Eating other organisms

• Breaking down dead organisms

Multiple Choice

An apple tree is a

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer

Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

• Consume means to eat.

• So, Consumers eat other organisms.

• Animals like sharks, ​butterflies, and humans are consumers.

Multiple Choice

What does consume mean?

• To make

• To eat

• To break down

Multiple Choice

A _____ eats other organisms.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer

Multiple Choice

A consumer meets its need for food by ____.

• Making food from sunlight

• Eating other organisms

• Breaking down dead organisms

Multiple Choice

A hawk is an example of a

• consumer
• producer
• decomposer

Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

• Decompose means to break down.

• So, Decomposers break down dead organisms.

• Bact​eria and Fungi, like mushrooms, are decomposers.

Multiple Choice

What does decompose mean?

• To make

• To eat

• To break down

Multiple Choice

A _____ breaks down dead organisms.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer

Multiple Choice

A decomposer meets its need for food by ____.

• Making food from sunlight

• Eating other organisms

• Breaking down dead organisms

Multiple Choice

A mushroom is a 

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer

Match

How do organisms meet their need for food?

• Make food from sunlight

• Eat other organisms

• Break down dead organisms

Producers

Consumers

Decomposers

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

Match

What are some examples in each category?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

Plants like trees, flowers, and grass

Animals like sharks, butterflies, and humans

Bacteria and fungi like mushrooms

• Plants like trees, flowers, and grass

• Animals like sharks, butterflies, and humans

• Bacteria and fungi like mushrooms

Open Ended

Producer, Consumer, or Decomposer?

"This organism is a ____ because _______."

Open Ended

Producer, Consumer, or Decomposer?

"This organism is a ____ because _______."

Open Ended

Producer, Consumer, or Decomposer?

"This organism is a ____ because _______."