Classifying Consumers

​Classifying Consumers

How do Scientists divide animals into groups?

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 Biosphere, scientists classify organisms into

3 categories

Those categories are:

• Producers

  Consumers

  Decomposers

• Stop

  Drop

  Roll

• Helpful

  Harmful

  Neutral

• Solids

  Liquids

  Gases

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

Classifying Consumers

• To make consumers easier to study, Scientists divide them into groups.

• ​The categories of consumers are:

  • Carnivores

  • Herbivores

  • Omnivores

• "Vore" means an organism that eats.

• ​Consumers are classified based on how they meet their need for food.

Multiple Choice

Why do scientists classify consumers?

• To make them easier to study

• To make them harder to study

• They have too much free time.

Multiple Choice

To make consumers easier to study, Scientists classify them into 3 groups:

• Producers

  Consumers

  Decomposers

• Helpful

  Harmful

  Neutral

• Solid

  Liquid

  Gas

• Carnivores

  Herbivores

  Omnivores

Multiple Choice

"Vore" means ___.

• An organism that eats

• Meat

• Plants

• All

Multiple Choice

Scientists classify consumers into Carnivores, Herbivores, and Omnivores based on how they meet their need for ___.

• Food

• Water

• Shelter

• Air

Carnivores

• "Carni" means meat.

• A carnivore is an organism that only eats meat.

• Scientists can predict which organisms are carnivores by looking for sharp teeth.

• Sharp teeth help the carnivore fight​ other organisms and rip the meat off the bone.

• Most carnivores have eyes that face front, which make it easier to hunt.

Multiple Choice

"Carni" means ____.

• Meat

• Plants

• All

• Organism that eats

Multiple Choice

A carnivore is an ____.

• Organism that eats only meat

• Organism that eats only plants

• Organism that eats all things - meat and plants.

Multiple Choice

An organism that eats only meat is called a ____.

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

Multiple Choice

Examples of carnivores include:

• Horses, Cows, and Rabbits

• Sharks, Tigers, and Snakes

• Turtles, Pigs, and Humans

Multiple Choice

If scientists observe ____,

they will infer an organism is a carnivore.

• Sharp Teeth

• Flat Teeth

• A mix of sharp and flat teeth

Dropdown

Carnivores have eyes that face the ​

Select answer

to make it easier to ​

Select answer

.

Herbivores

• "Herbi" means plants.

• A herbivore is an organism that only eats plants.

• Scientists can predict which organisms are herbivores by looking for flat teeth.

• Flat teeth help the herbivore grind down the plants to make them easier to digest.

• Most herbivores have eyes that face the side to make it easier to run and hide.

Multiple Choice

"Herbi" means ____.

• Meat

• Plants

• All

• Organism that eats

Multiple Choice

A herbivore is an ____.

• Organism that eats only meat

• Organism that eats only plants

• Organism that eats all things - meat and plants.

Multiple Choice

An organism that eats only plants is called a ____.

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

Multiple Choice

Examples of herbivores include:

• Horses, Cows, and Rabbits

• Sharks, Tigers, and Snakes

• Turtles, Pigs, and Humans

Multiple Choice

If scientists observe ____,

they will infer an organism is a herbivore.

• Sharp Teeth

• Flat Teeth

• A mix of sharp and flat teeth

Dropdown

Herbivores have eyes that face the ​

Select answer

.

to make it easier to ​

Select answer

.

Omnivores

• "Omni" means all.

• An omnivore is an organism that eats all things - plants and meat.

• Scientists can predict which organisms are omnivores by looking for flat and sharp teeth.

• Flat teeth help the omnivores grind plants, while sharp teeth help the omnivore cut meat.

• Most omnivores have eyes that face front to make it easier to hunt.

Multiple Choice

"Omni" means ____.

• Meat

• Plants

• All

• Organism that eats

Multiple Choice

An omnivore is an ____.

• Organism that eats only meat

• Organism that eats only plants

• Organism that eats all things - meat and plants.

Multiple Choice

An organism that eats all things - plants and animals - is called a ____.

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

Multiple Choice

Examples of omnivores include:

• Horses, Cows, and Rabbits

• Sharks, Tigers, and Snakes

• Turtles, Pigs, and Humans

Multiple Choice

If scientists observe ____,

they will infer an organism is an omnivore.

• Sharp Teeth

• Flat Teeth

• A mix of sharp and flat teeth

Dropdown

Omnivores have eyes that face the ​

Select answer

to make it easier to ​

Select answer

.

Match

Match the classification to its definition.

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

Organism that eats only plants.

Organism that eats only meat.

Organism that eats all things - plants and meat.

• Organism that eats only plants.

• Organism that eats only meat.

• Organism that eats all things - plants and meat.

Match

Match the classification to examples.

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

Horses, Cows, and Rabbits

Sharks, Tigers, and Snakes

Turtles, Pigs, and Humans

• Horses, Cows, and Rabbits

• Sharks, Tigers, and Snakes

• Turtles, Pigs, and Humans

Match

Match the classification to its teeth.

Herbivore

Carnivore

Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

Open Ended

"I observe that this skull has ____ teeth.

I infer it came from a _____, which eats _____."

Open Ended

"I observe that this skull has ____ teeth.

I infer it came from a _____, which eats _____."

Open Ended

"I observe that this skull has ____ teeth.

I infer it came from a _____, which eats _____."