NOTES - How to Make a Living Energy in the form of food is key to staying alive Every living thing...
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NOTES - How to Make a Living
• Energy in the form of food is key to staying alive
• Every living thing has a certain way to get energy (‘make a living’)
Key Vocabulary
• Producer is an organism that makes its own food
• Consumer is an organism that gets its food from another organism
Key Vocabulary
• Primary consumer is an organism that eats a producer
• Secondary consumer is an organism that eats another organism that ate a producer
Format for Following Notes:
1. The xxxxx Way -- ____________ • Is it a producer or consumer?• Describe the method:• Organism examples:• Extra notes if applicable
Photosynthesis • PRODUCER• Method: Absorb sun’s
energy and transform it into chemical energy in the form of food (carbohydrate – glucose)
• Examples: plants, algae, some bacteria
The Green Way
The Gentle Way
HERBIVORE• Primary consumers• Method: graze on plants• Examples: snails, deer,
grasshoppers, rabbits, monkeys
The Carnivorous Way
CARNIVOUR • Secondary consumer• Method: kill and eat other
animals • Examples: frogs, snakes,
owls, lions, some plants• Predator: carnivore that
hunts down and kills another animal (prey)
The Either/Or Way
OMNIVORE• Primary or secondary
consumer• Method: grazes on
producers or feeds on other animals
• Examples: bears, foxes
The Lazy Way
PARASITISM • Consumer• Method: take food from
other organisms, usually without killing them
• Examples: mistletoe, leeches, tapeworms
The Win-Win Way
SYMBIOSIS • Consumer• Method: two organisms
live together mutually to help each other survive
• Examples: plant roots & fungi plant roots provide food to fungi, and fungi help plants absorb soil nutrients
The Necessary Way
SCAVENGING• Secondary (or tertiary)
consumer• Method: feed on dead
animals (w/o killing)• Examples: vultures,
jackals
The Recycling Way
DECOMPOSING• Neither – decomposer!• Method: chemically break
down dead organisms and returns nutrients to the soil
• Examples: bacteria, fungi, worms
• Makes the soil healthy!
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