Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers

Producers,Consumers and decomposers

Organisms and environment

Poll

How are you feeling today?

Objective

We are going to investigate that most producers need sunlight, water and Carbon dioxide to make their own food, while consumers are dependent on other organisms for food.

Open Ended

What did you eat for dinner last night?

Last meal you ate

Where did the food come from? Maybe it came from the grocery store or a restaurant. Maybe it even came from your backyard. Now think of a lion living on the plains in Africa. Where do you think his last meal came from? Definitely not the grocery store! Lions have to hunt for their food.  

Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a community of interacting organisms and their environment.

Examples:

Tundra

Rainforest

Desert

Swamps

What are producers? What do they need to make their food?

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Producers

Some living things make their own food. These organisms are called producers. They need THREE things to survive which are Water, Sunlight, and Carbon dioxide. They use sunlight as energy, they get the water from rain, and carbon dioxide from breathing which is a process called PHOTOSYNTHESIS!

Multiple Choice

What are the THREE things producers need in order to survive ?

• Water, Sunlight, and Carbon Dioxide

• Water, Soil, and light

• Water, air, and soil

Multiple Choice

What is the process called that contains the three main things a producer needs to survive?

• Photosynthesis

• Water Cycle

• Soil

• Light

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy. Plants use sunlight as energy, they get water from rain, and carbon dioxide from breathing and release oxygen.

These three key ingridents are needed for the Photosynthesis process.

Multiple Choice

Where do plants or other producers get their energy from?

• Soil

• Water

• Sun

Examples of Producers

• Cactus

• Trees

• Flowers

• Grass

Multiple Select

Select all that apply: Producers are?

• plants

• animals

• trees

• grass

Consumer

A consumer is a living thing that cannot make its own food, instead "consumes" it. Consumers obtain their energy by feeding on other organisms.

Multiple Choice

How does the consumer obtain it's energy

• By producing it's own food

• By feeding on other organism

• By breaking down waste

Examples of Consumers

• ANIMALS such as :

• Cows

• Lions

• Pandas

• Rabbits

• AND WE HUMANS are Consumers

Open Ended

Write 2 examples of a consumer.

(Hint : Animals or even YOU)

Decomposer

Decomposers are consumers that get energy from the remains of dead plants and animals. They break down waste and dead organisms.

Multiple Choice

How do decomposers get their energy from?

• Sunlight

• Soil

• Dead plants and Animals

• Water

Examples of decomposers

• Bacteria

• Worms

• Mushrooms

• Insects

Quiz Time !

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Multiple Choice

Who makes their own food ?

• Consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

Multiple Choice

Consumers are

• consumers that get energy from the remains of dead plants and animals.

• living things that cannot make its own food.

• a living thing that makes its own food from

  sunlight, air, and soil

Multiple Choice

Where do producers get their energy from?

• Sun

• Soil

• Water

• Rain

Multiple Choice

A decomposer.......

• makes its own food from

  sunlight, air, and soil

• can't make their own food

• get energy from the remains of dead plants and animals.

Multiple Select

Which is an example of a decomposer?

Select all that apply

EXIT TICKET

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Open Ended

Write the THREE main things producers need to make their own food.

Open Ended

Write 1-2 sentences on what you learned about today.