Plants and Animal Interaction

• 4 major components of food chain

  • Soil
  • Producers
  • Consumers
  • Decomposers
• It powers the light and heat that keeps earth habitable for life.

  Sun
• It produces their own food.

  Producers
• All plants are producers, it produces its own food in the form of glucose during photosynthesis. 


  Plants, glucose, photosynthesis
• Consumers are usually animals that eat plants and or other consumers. It can be classified based on their diet.
• HERBIVORES(Herbivorous)are plant-eating animals. They only eat plants and not the of other animals
• CARNIVORES (Carnivorous) are usually ferocious animals that eat the meat or flesh of the other animals. They are the predators that hunt for their food (another animal) known as prey. Most carnivores possess fangs and usually have advantages over there prey like their speed and strength.
• Carnivores are the predators that hunt for their food (another animal) known as prey. Most carnivores possess fangs and usually have advantages over there prEy like their speed and strength.
• Carnivores are the predators that hunt for their food (another animal) known as prey. Most carnivores possess fangs and usually have advantages over there prEy like their speed and strength.
• OMNIVORES(Omnivorous) - are those animals that can eat both producers and/ other consumers. Humans, chimpanzees, and flues are examples of omnivores
• Decomposers - are living things that can decompose (rot) or decay bodies of dead animals and plants. Mushrooms, bacteria, and worms are common decomposers
• These are common decomposers Mushrooms, bacteria, and worms
• Examples of Carnivorous

  tiger

  shark

  lion
• Examples of Herbivorous

  • Parrot
  • Koala
  • Deer
• Example of Omnivorous

  • Bear
  • Turtle
  • Monkey
• A Food Chain shows the transfer of energy within an ecosystem
• Food Web is more complex than food chain
• Trophic levels are classifications of organisms in food chains.
• The producers and decomposers make up the first and fifth trophic levels respectively and the other trophic levels are made up of consumers.
• Autotroph – Trophic level one (1)

  Green algae and plants (the producers), often known as autotrophs, make up the first stage. They rely on solar energy for photosynthesis and do not rely on other animals to meet their dietary needs.
• Primary Consumers – Trophic level two (2)

  This trophic level of the food chain is occupied by herbivores. They rely on autotrophs to meet their dietary needs and include species such as insects, cows, and pigs
• Secondary Consumers – Trophic level three (3)

  Secondary consumers, sometimes known as carnivores, usually eat other animals but are smaller in stature. Rats, spiders, and fish are some examples of this group of organisms.