Consumers
What’s a consumer?
A consumer is anything that eats, whether is eats plants or other animals, or both.
What’s a producer?
A producer is something that produces its own energy and food.
What is a decomposers
Decomposers is a thing that breaks animal matter and converts it into nutrition to feed the environment
What is a food chain?
Food chains show how energy moves from one organism to another in a line.
What is a biome?
A large area that is defined by the wildlife and climate.
What is an example of an omnivore?
Bears, raccoons, pigs, chickens, hamsters, and humans are all examples of omnivores.
What is an example of a producer?
Trees, bushes, moss, flowers, literally any plant are producers. Phytoplankton are also producers even though they’re not plants.
What is an example of a decomposer?
Worms, snails, flies, bacteria, mold and ameba are all decomposers.
What is the animal that is at the top of the food chain called?
Apex predator.
What is an example of a biome?
Forest, desert, tundra, aquatic, and grassland are examples of biomes.
What kind of teeth does an herbivore have?
Flat teeth to grind up plant matter
True or false: The leaves of a plant contain a certain pigment that helps it with photosynthesis.
True! This pigment is called chlorophyll which is inside of chloroplasts. This is what colors the leaves.
True or False: Decomposers eat the bodies that they break down.
True. How else would they break down the matter?
True or false: Food webs and food chains only include animals
False! Multiple organisms including decomposers are part of food webs and food chains.
True or False: Aquatic biomes are home to many types of fish and aquatic birds.
True
True or False: A consumer cannot eat a decomposer
False! A lot of consumers (primarily omnivores or herbivores) eat decomposes like snails, worms, etc.
True or False: All producers go through photosynthesis
True! How else would producers produce energy?
What role do decomposers play?
They clean up the ground and make sure there is no waste lying around by eating it.
What’s the difference between a food chain and a food web?
A food chain is more simple and only has one primary consumer or apex predator. A food web on the other hand is more complicated and contains multiple food chains.
What types of animals would you find in a desert biome
Camels, lizards, snakes, scorpions, and kangaroo rats all live in a desert biome.
What kind of teeth does an herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore have?
Herbivores have flat teeth, carnivores have sharp teeth, and omnivores have both types of teeth.
Can a producer be a consumer?
Yup! Venus fly traps eat insects AND go through photosynthesis.
Are beetles decomposers?
No they’re consumers
What is an example of a food chain?
The correct answer is decided by host
How do biomes affect humans and their lives?
Biomes provide food, resources, and housing. But there are certain risks like health and natural hazards.