Day 3- Producers,

Consumers, Predators, Prey,

Herbivores, Carnivores,
Omnivores, and Decomposers

How do organisms interact with each other in an

ecosystem?
How do limiting factors affect the survival of a
population?

At the end of todays

lesson you will be able to:

Explain how organisms within an ecosystem

depend and interact with each other.
Identify causes and effects of population survival.
Explain the role of producers, consumers,
predators, prey, carnivores, herbivores,
omnivores and decomposers in an ecosystem.

What is the BIG

Each organism plays a role (niche) in

the ecosystem play. Each organism
depends on other abiotic and biotic
factors for survival.

Watch the BRAINPOP video:

3:19

https://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/foodchains/

User name and password:

pasadenaisd

Watch this song video: 2:54

https://youtu.be/pPQjI22vV2w

Watch this video: 3:02

Note: This video

shows the arrows in
the food chain
pointing in the wrong
direction!

Watch this song video: 4:46

STUDY JAM:

Watch the video. Quiz questions follow in the slide show.

PRACTICE

What are plants and animals that

get their energy from eating other
things?

A. Producers
B. Consumers
C. Decomposers
D. Herbivores

What are plants and

animals that get their
energy from eating other
things?

Consumers are plants

and animals that get
their energy from eating
other things.

Which of the following shows the proper order of a food

chain?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Producers Carnivores Decomposers Herbivores

Herbivores Decomposers Producers Carnivores
Producers Herbivores Carnivores Decomposers
Producers Carnivores Herbivores Decomposers

Which of the following

shows the proper order of
a food chain?

The order of the food

chain is PRODUCERS,
HERBIVORES,
CARNIVORES, and
DECOMPOSERS.

What is the difference between a second-level

consumer and a third-level consumer?
A. Third-level consumers eat other carnivores, and
second-level consumers do not.
B. Second-level consumers only eat plants, and thirdlevel consumers eat plants and animals.
C. Second-level consumers eat meat, while third-level
consumers eat plants.
D. Third-level consumers produce their own food, and
second-level consumers must find their food in
nature.

What is the difference

between a second-level
consumer and a thirdlevel consumer?

Third-level consumers
eat other carnivores,
and second-level
consumers do not.

Which part of the food chain only eats

meat?

A.An herbivore
B.A producer
C.A carnivore
D.A decomposer

Which part of the food

chain only eats meat?

A CARNIVORE only
eats meat.

How do living things get energy?

A.
B.
C.
D.

By adapting to their environment

By moving around
By sleeping
By eating

How do living things get

energy?

Living things get their

energy by eating.

What happens if a portion of the food chain is

broken?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Only consumers would be affected.

All the organisms in the chain are affected.
The decomposers and producers are affected.
Second-level consumers would cease to exist.

What happens if a portion

of the food chain is
broken?

If the chain is broken, ALL

organisms are affected.

An elephant eats only plants. Which type

of consumer is an elephant?
A.
B.
C.
D.

An herbivore
A carnivore
A second-level consumer
A third-level consumer

An elephant eats only

plants. Which type of
consumer is an elephant?

An elephant is an HERBIVORE!

REVIEW QUESTION STEMS

I can show my understanding

of the niche of producers in
an ecosystem.

How do the producers

and herbivores interact?

What does an omnivore eat?

What role do decomposers

play in the ecosystem?

What would happen to

herbivores if all the
producers disappeared?

What limiting factors would

cause producers to
disappear?

How does competition

affect survival of
consumers?

Play this interactive INVASIVE SPECIE game!

The game takes a long time to play. You
may want to finish as a home project!