Decomposers
What is a decomposer?
An organism that breaks down dead plant and animal matter.
What is a producer?
Something that creates its own energy/food.
What is a consumer?
An animal that needs to eat something to get energy.
Name a type of habitat or environment?
What do decomposers need to survive?
What do producers need to survive?
Air, nutrients, sunlight, water, space
What do consumers need to survive?
What is a habitat?
An environment for an animal that provides all of its needs.
Name 4 different decomposers
bacteria, fungi, worms, millipedes,
Name 5 different kinds of producers
Trees, bushes, flowers, seaweed, shrubs, etc.
Name 5 different consumers
Types of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, etc; carnivorous plants; bugs;
What is an apex predator?
Something that is not eaten by anything else.
A) plants
B) rocks
C) Apex predators
A) plants
Can something be a producer and consumer?
Explain the difference between herbivore, omnivore, and carnivore.
Omni - meat and plants
Herb - plants
Carn - meat
Explain biodiversity.
The number of living things in a habitat.
Why are decomposers important?
Why are producers important?
Create energy to feed animals, are the basis of our world, bring nutrients and energy to the world, give us oxygen
Why are consumers important?
Regulate population growth, facilitate transfer of energy.
Explain how producers, consumers, and decomposers are connected.
They are connected by producers creating energy/food, being consumed by the consumers, and then when the consumers and other plants die, decomposers bring energy and nutrients back to the soil for producers.