Producers
What type of organisms use sunlight to create their own food?
Plants
What do we call organisms that eat other organisms for energy?
Consumers
What do detrivores eat?
Dead animal and plants/ waste material matter
Name a process by which producers make food using sunlight.
Photosynthesis
What type of consumer eats only plants?
Herbivore
Why are detrivores necessary to the planet?
To get rid of dead animals and plants
What are the raw materials of photosynthesis?
Sun, Water, and C02 (Carbon dioxide)
What is an omnivore?
An organism that eats both plants and animals?
Are all sea birds detrivores?
No only some are
What happens to food that the plant does not eat?
It is stored in the form of starch
Give an example of a carnivore.
Any other animal that eats meat Ex. Lion
What is an example of a decomposer?
Mould, Bacteria, Fungi
What happens to unused oxygen created by plants?
Plants release oxygen into the air to be used by humans and animals
What type of food do scavengers eat?
Most feed on already dead animals
How do decomposers eat?
They feed on decayed matter and waste