2. The sun is the source of energy for most ecosystems! 3. Plants use the sun to make their food using photosynthesis. 4. Plants are calledproducersbecause they canmakeorproducetheir ownfood ! This is thePRODUCEsection of a food store.Look at what is in the produce section plantslike fruits and vegetables! http://www.flickr.com/photos/young-in-panama/119624721/ 5. Some animals eat plants . 6. Animals that eat only plants are calledherb ivores. Herbs are plantsthat we use for cooking.Herb ivores eat plantsso think of them as eatingherbs(plants)! http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/ingredients-herbs/tips-three-ways-to-preserve-fresh-herbs-088889 Those herbs look yummy!! 7. Some organisms eat only animals! These are calledcarnivores . 8. Omnivores eat plants and animals. plants animals 9. ConsumersEAT!
10. We can make afood chainto show theflow of energythrough the organisms! Grass-> Zebra->Lion 11. Here s how we label the organisms in our food chain. Grass-> Zebra->LionProducer 1st Consumer 2 ndConsumer P C 1 C 2 A simple way to label! 12.
Grass->Zebra->Lion 13.
Grass->Zebra->Lion 14.
Grass->Zebra->Lion 15. Food chains always start with a producer.
16. After a while organisms die.Then the decomposers get busy! Fungilike mold and mushrooms andbacteria break downdead organisms and rot them away!!They aredecomposers . http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/04/28/escapee-carcass-in-field-with-not-a-bureaucrat-in-sight/ http://whatscookingamerica.net/Q-A/Mold.htm http://polaris.umuc.edu/~meaton/edtc620/hyperlinks/decomposition.html 17. Decomposers break down dead stuff and return nutrients to the soil. Fungi Bacteria http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/10834/enlarge