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| A anything that eats something else. There are 5 types of consumers. Do you remember them? They are carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, scavengers and decomposers. But a CONSUMER is anything that eats something else. |
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| A producer is a plant. Plants PRODUCE their own food by the process of photosynthesis. Plants don't eat anything, so they are NOT consumers. Plants are PRODUCERS. PRODUCERS are plants. Plants produce their own food; therefore, plants are called PRODUCERS. |
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| PHOTOSYNTHESIS is the way plants produce their own food. In photosynthesis, the plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dixoide to make their own food. The way plants make their own food is through the process of PHOTOSYNTHESIS. |
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| A CARNIVORE eats other animals and only other animals. Sometimes, carnivores are called meat eaters. Carnivores are consumers that eat other animals. Some carnivores are lions, tigers, frogs, hawks, and dogs. Carnivores do not eat producers (plants). They only eat other animals. |
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| An HERBIVORE only eats producers (plants). Herbivores are consumers (because they eat things) like cows, deer, and mice. Herbivores do not eat other animals. They only eat producers (plants). |
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| An OMNIVORE is a type of consumer (because it eats things) that eats both producers (plants) and animals. You are an omnivore and a bear is an omnivore. You eat meat and producers (vegetables). Bears eat meat and berries and producers (plants). |
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| A SCAVENGER is a type of consumer (because it eats things) that eats dead things. Scavengers include vultures, hyenas, and flies. They scavenge on the bodies of dead animals. |
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| A DECOMPOSER is a type of consumer (because it eats things) that feeds on the bodies of dead animals and animal waste (poop) and returns their nutrients back to the soil. Types of decomposers would be bacteria, fungi (mushrooms), and earthworms. |
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| The living organisms in an ecosystem that includes all producers and all consumers. |
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| The non-living, or ain't living, things in an ecosystem like rocks, wind, shelter, water, and air. |
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| Predator/prey relationship |
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| A relationship in which something gets stalked and eaten. The predator stalks its prey, and the prey is eaten. |
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| This is a relationship in which one partner always benefits, but noone gets eaten. There is always one happy partner in a symbiotic relationship. There are 3 types of symbiotic relationships. |
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Think "Merry Mutualism," like "Merry Christmas."
Everybody is happy in a mutualism relationship.
Examples:
Bees and pollen.
Rhino and tickbird.
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This is a symbiotic relationship in which one partner benefits (the parasite), and the other partner is harmed (the host).
Parasites suck the lives out of their hosts.
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Ticks and dogs
Fleas and cats
Tapeworm and your intestine
Cuckoo bird and other mother birds |
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This is a symbiotic relationship in which one partner benefits, and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
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Barnacles on whales
Sharks and manta rays |
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