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©Copyright 2015- all rights reserved www.cpalms.org Producers • An autotrophic is an organism that produces its own food and serves as a source of food for other organisms in a food web. • Converts raw energy from the sun to organic molecules and nutrients useful to themselves and other organisms • Producers include green plants (grass and trees) which produce food through photosynthesis • Algae and some bacteria are also producers ©Copyright 2015- all rights reserved www.cpalms.org Consumers • Are heterotrophic - cannot make their own food and must obtain energy by eating other organisms. • Includes animals, bacteria, and fungus • Herbivore - eats only plants (grasshopper) • Carnivore - eats other animals (wolf) • Omnivore - eats both plants and animals (black bear) ©Copyright 2015- all rights reserved www.cpalms.org Decomposers • An organism, often a bacterium or fungus, that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter. • Converts dead organisms and animal/plant waste into water and nutrients. • Nutrients are returned to the soil and made available to the other organisms in the ecosystem. ©Copyright 2015- all rights reserved www.cpalms.org Label the plant or animal as a producer, consumer, or decomposer. Then draw arrows to show how energy is transferred through the ecosystem. Ladybird Butterfly Titmouse bird Grasshopper Mouse Fungi ©Copyright 2015- all rights reserved www.cpalms.org Rabbit Plantain