CHARACTERISITCS OF LIVING THINGS. PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS AND DECOMPOSERS

Learn about producers, consumers, and decomposers! Identify characteristics of living things and feeding habits.

Types of organisms and consumers matching Match the term to the correct description producer also called autotrophs consumer also called heterotrophs decomposer break down dead organisms and plant material. bacteria, fungi,and some worms types of decomposers herbivore feed only on plants, primary consumer Carnivore feed only on animals, obtain food by predation omnivore feed on both plant and animal scavengers Animals that feed on dead organisms rather than hunting live prey Detritivore animals that consume decaying organic matter from either plants or animals. State the characteristic of living things described on each situation. 1. Sensitivity: The bacteria in your intestines manufacture different digestive enzymes depending on whether you drink milk, eat candy, or both.2. Sensitivity: The plants on your windowsill grow toward light.3. Nutrition:Plants and some single-celled organisms capture the energy of sunlight directly and produce energy-rich molecules, such as sugars, using a process called photosynthesis.4. Growth: At some time in its life cycle, every organism becomes larger. Although this characteristic is obvious in most animals and plants, even single-celled bacteria double their original size before they divide. 5. Reproduction: Under ideal conditions some bacterial species may divide every 10–15 minutes—a doubling of the population at these time intervals.6. Movement:The “trap” portion in Venus flytrap plant is made of two hinged lobes at the end of each leaf. On the inner surfaces of the lobes are hair-like projections called trichomes that cause the lobes to snap shut when prey comes in contact with the "prey".7. Excretion: Metabolic wastes (carbon dioxide, water, oxygen, and nitrogenous compounds) diffuse through the cell membranes of some unicellular organisms into the outside environment. 8. Respiration: Even though the axolotl develops functional lungs, it uses its fancy, feathery gills to breathe underwater. State if the molecules participating in the photosynthesis process are organic, or inorganic. inorganic inorganic organic inorganic organic inorganic Classify the next organisms based on their feeding habits. (Be specific) detritivore decomposer herbivore decomposer carnivore omnivore producer