Producers vs. Consumers

Producers vs. Consumers

By Evan Grey

Multiple Choice

Photosynthesis produces __________

• Carbon Dioxide

• Glucose and Oxygen

• Water and Sunlight

• Nitrogen

Key Words!

Producer Detrivore
Consumer Autotroph
Herbivore Heterotroph
Omnivore Carnivore

Match

Match the words with the definitions!

• Producer

• Consumer

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Decomposer

Organism that makes its own food

Organism that consumes other organisms

Organism that produces its own energy

Organism that cannot produce its own food

Organism that breaks down dead material

• Organism that makes its own food

• Organism that consumes other organisms

• Organism that produces its own energy

• Organism that cannot produce its own food

• Organism that breaks down dead material

Definitions

Producer - Organism that makes its own food
Consumer - Organism that eats other organisms
Heterotroph - Organism that cannot produce its own food
Autotroph - Organism that produces its own energy
Decomposer - Organism that breaks down dead material

Multiple Choice

This organism would most likely be?

• producer

• consumer

• herbivore

• omnivore

Multiple Choice

This organism would most likely be?

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• producer

Multiple Choice

This organism would most likely be?

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Producer

• Detrivore

Categorize

Options (20)

deer that eats plants

lizard eating grass

rabbit nibbling on vegetables

cow grazing in a field

elephant munching on leaves

oak tree producing acorns

corn plant yielding kernels

sunflower generating seeds

algae producing oxygen

apple tree bearing fruit

lion hunting a zebra

shark swimming after a fish

eagle catching a rabbit

wolf chasing a deer

crocodile lurking in the water

bear foraging for berries and fish

human eating a salad with chicken

pig rooting for food scraps

raccoon scavenging in a trash can

chicken pecking at seeds and insects

Organize the organisms in the correct categories!

Herbivore

Producer

Carnivore

Omnivore

Producers make their own food, like plants that make glucose through PHOTOSYNTHESIS

​​Producers

Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms.

Consumers

​Take a BREAK

Draw

Draw arrows to where you think energy is flowing!

Example: if you think the sun eats the zebra, draw an arrow from the zebra to the sun.

Replace this with your body text.

​Happy teaching

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​Food Web

​Which way will the arrow point?