Consumers, like: Humans, birds, cows, spiders, amoeba An organism that can’t make its own food. It has Heterotroph to get its food somewhere else. Decomposers, like: fungi (mushrooms), most bacteria An organism that makes its own food. It means (Same examples as the SAME THING as autotroph. Producers are AUTOTROPHS). Major groups: Producer important because they bring energy into the plants, algae, phytoplankton, ecosystem. They are at the bottom of every food some bacteria. chain. All carnivores (like lions, spiders, sharks), herbivores (like Consumer An organism that EATS (consumes) other organisms rabbits, cows, leaf-eating for food. insects) and omnivores (like humans, bears, rats) are consumers. An organism that gets its food by breaking down Fungi (mushrooms, molds), Decomposer dead organisms. most bacteria, worms. Cows, deer, giraffes, rabbits, caterpillars, leaf-eating insects, Herbivore Organisms that eat PLANTS ONLY. pandas, koalas, bees (eat nectar), crabs & shrimp (eat plankton) Sharks, spiders, lions, tigers, polar bears, killer whales, Carnivore Organisms that eat MEAT ONLY. praying mantises, frogs, anteaters, ladybugs. Humans, rats, bears (eat berries and fish), racoons, many birds Omnivore Organisms that eat BOTH PLANTS and MEAT. (eat berries and worms / insects), cockroaches, goats. QUESTIONS Identify the correct levels of organization in Ecology going from largest to smallest Species, Population, Community, Ecosystem Species, Community, Population, Ecosystem Ecosystem, Community, Population, Species
Heterotroph An organism that can’t make its own food. It has to get its food somewhere else. Consumers, like: Humans, birds, cows, spiders, amoeba Decomposers, like: fungi (mushrooms), most bacteria Producer An organism that makes its own food. It means the SAME THING as autotroph. Producers are important because they bring energy into the ecosystem. They are at the bottom of every food chain. (Same examples as AUTOTROPHS). Major groups: plants, algae, phytoplankton, some bacteria. Consumer An organism that EATS (consumes) other organisms for food. All carnivores (like lions, spiders, sharks), herbivores (like rabbits, cows, leaf-eating insects) and omnivores (like humans, bears, rats) are consumers. Decomposer An organism that gets its food by breaking down dead organisms. Fungi (mushrooms, molds), most bacteria, worms. Herbivore Organisms that eat PLANTS ONLY. Cows, deer, giraffes, rabbits, caterpillars, leaf-eating insects, pandas, koalas, bees (eat nectar), crabs & shrimp (eat plankton) Carnivore Organisms that eat MEAT ONLY. Sharks, spiders, lions, tigers, polar bears, killer whales, praying mantises, frogs, anteaters, ladybugs. Omnivore Organisms that eat BOTH PLANTS and MEAT. Humans, rats, bears (eat berries and fish), racoons, many birds (eat berries and worms / insects), cockroaches, goats. QUESTIONS Identify the correct levels of organization in Ecology going from largest to smallest Species, Population, Community, Ecosystem Species, Community, Population, Ecosystem Ecosystem, Community, Population, Species
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