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Producers and Consumers

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Learn how producers make food and consumers get energy by eating plants or other organisms.

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How does each organism get food?

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How does each organism get food?: Grass, Rabbit, Hawk, Fungi. Explore the numbered stops below for explanations. GrassRabbitHawkFungiECOLOGYconnections
A simplified relationship map. Explore each labelled part below.
1Grass

Grass is a producer that uses light energy to make sugars.

2Rabbit

A rabbit gets energy by eating plant material: it is a consumer.

3Hawk

A hawk gets energy by eating animals: it is a consumer.

4Fungi

Many fungi break down dead material; they do not make food by photosynthesis.

Simplified model: real ecosystems have more connections. Food-chain arrows show energy moving from food to eater; nutrient-cycle arrows describe material transfer.

Quick check · 3 questions

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1. Which is a producer?
2. An omnivore eats…
3. Is a mushroom a green-plant producer?

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  1. Grass makes food by photosynthesis.
  2. Omnivores eat both plant and animal foods; diets depend on species and circumstances.
  3. Fungi obtain nutrients from other organic material rather than photosynthesis.

Explore further: NOAA: aquatic food webs.

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