Producers & Consumers

What is a producer?

• A producer is someone who can make food.

• A producer is an organism that eats other organisms.

• A producer uses sunlight to create its own food through photosynthesis.

• A producer works in a store.

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What is a consumer?

• A consumer loves to eat food.

• A consumer produces their own food.

• A consumer eats other living things.

• A consumer consumes.

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Name three producers:

• Trees, bees, flowers

• Bluebonnets, Oak Trees, Buffalo Grass

• Coyotes, Trees, Frogs

• Ducks, Deer, Horses

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Name three consumers:

• White Grubs, Southern Leopard Frog, White Footed Mouse

• Humans, Sharks, Buttercups

• Milkweed, Fish, Wheat Grain

• Grass, Raccoon, Skunk

Photosynthesis is...

• when a consumer uses energy from the Sun, carbon dioxide and water to make food.

• when a producer uses energy from the Sun, carbon dioxide and water to make food.

• when someone takes a photo of something else.

• something is synthesized.

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How does a consumer meet its basic needs?

• In order to meet its basic needs, it makes food to eat.

• It runs and plays.

• In order to meet their basic needs they must eat plants or other animals.

• In order to meet their basic needs they eat only plants.

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How do the producers work together with consumers in an ecosystem?

• The consumers eat the plants and the producers give energy to other plants.

• Producers and consumers do not depend on each other.

• They help each other get what they need.

• The producers and consumers are interdependent, meaning they depend on each other. Harming one organism can affect many others.

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What are the basic needs of a producer?

• Food, water, space, air, sunlight, shelter

• Food, water, space, air, sunlight

• Food, water, space, air

• Food and water

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What are your basic needs?

• Pizza

• Food, clothing, water, air

• Food, shelter, air

• Food, clothing, shelter, water, air

Are you a producer or consumer?

• Producer

• Consumer

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