3.8B- Types of Producers and Consumers

A producer...

• Eats other plants and animals

• Makes its own food

• Eats dead plants or animals

• Makes toys for kids

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Plants and animals are often referred to as?

• Organism 
• Things
• Werid
• Ugly

A consumer...

• Makes its own food

• Eats dead plants and animals

• Eats plants and other animals for energy

• Buys toys for kids

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A decomposer...

• Eats dead plants or animals and breaks down to put nutrients in the soil

• Eats plants or other animals for food

• Makes its own food

• Machine that gathers trash

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This organism draws its water from the ground, traps sunlight in its chlorophyll, and makes glucose (sugar) in broad green parts of its body. Is it a...

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

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This organism traps its prey in a web, stings it, paralyzes it, and sometimes saves it to eat later. Is it a.....

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

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This organism draws its nutrients from dead organisms as it releases enzymes to cause the organisms to break down and break apart. Is it a...

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

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A cactus is a

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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A frog is a

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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An earthworm is a

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer