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Understand the roles of consumers, decomposers, and producers in food chains, identify various organism types, energy flow, and dependencies in ecosystems.
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1. Which organism in the food web above is sometimes a first-level consumer and sometimes a second-level consumer? Explain. 2. Choose one food chain in the web. Name all the organisms in that chain. Start with the producer and end with the top-level consumer. 3. Draw an energy pyramid for the food chain you chose. Label the pyramid to tell how much food energy is available at each level.
I cannot make my own food, so I have to depend on other organisms to nourish me. consumer
I get my nutrients by breaking down dead and dying organisms. Decomposers
I make my own food. I don’t need anyone else’s help. Well, except for the sun. Producers
I don’t like to kill my own food. I usually steal it from someone else. After it has sat around for awhile. Scavenger
No meat for me, please! But, I would like some veggies! Herbivore