Cycling of Matter in Ecosystems

A giraffe is

• a producer

• a consumer

• a decomposer

What do plants need to survive?

• Water

• Sunlight

• Dr. Pepper

• Soil

• Air

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decomposers

• break down organism into small pieces that go back to the soil as nutrients and minerals.

• produce their own food

• consume other organisms like plants and animals for food

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Producers

• break down organisms into small pieces that go back to the ground as minerals and nutrients.

• create their own food.

• consume plants or animals to get food.

Consumers

• break down organisms into small pieces that go back to the ground as minerals and nutrients.

• produce their own food.

• eat plants and animals (organisms) to get their food.

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Animals use energy they get from their food to

• Grow

• Body Repair

• Maintain Body Warmth

• Motion

• Choose what they look like

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Energy used by animals was once energy from

• Soda

• Water

• The Sun

• The Earth

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Fungi are...

• producers

• decomposers

• consumers

• carnivores

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A producer in an ecosystem gets its energy by:

• consuming, or eating, other organisms

• breaking down dead organisms

• drinking water

• using the sun to make its own energy

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A consumer in an ecosystem gets its energy by:

• consuming, or eating, other organisms

• breaking down dead organisms

• drinking water

• using the sun to make its own energy

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