Roles of living things in the environment

Living things exist with other living things and with non living things Living things relate with one another Food is one way of relating with other living things The role can be that of producers, consumers, decomposers or scavengers

RELATIONSHIPS AMONG LIVING THINGS

Roles of living things in the environment

Why do organisms maintain relationships

based on food? What is the importance of food to an organism? Why are some organisms able to make their own food and others cant?

producers

Organisms that make their own food. Most plants are producers Producers make use of sunlight, CO2 and water to make food

consumers
Organisms that cant make their own food Eat plants or other animals for food Consumers can be:
oHerbivores (plant eaters) oCarnivores (meat eaters) oOmnivores (plant and meat eaters)

decomposers

Can be fungi or bacteria Eats dead organisms They prevent too much decay and enriched the soil with nutrients

scavengers
Break up bodies of dead organisms into smaller pieces Helps decomposers manage the dead organisms for faster decomposition

Infer what could have happened for a raven to be able to eat a shark carcass.

Feeding relationships
How each living organism is linked to one another in particular habitats. Shown in diagrams such as a food chain or a food web

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Energy in the ecosystem

Sun is the main source of energy The light is trapped by the chlorophyll in plants This light is used in the food making process of plants. When plants are eaten, SOME of the energy is passed on to the consumer When a consumer eats the herbivore, the energy is transferred to the other consumer, then to the next consumer and so on....

Food Chain
Shows the one way flow of energy from the food to the consumer Starts with a producer
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Food Chain
Shows the one way flow of energy from the food to the consumer Starts with a producer

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Organisms in the food chain may also be referred to as:

Food Web
Made up of many food chains Shows alternative food sources

Identify the food chains that make up this food web

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