Consumers in ecosystem

Ecosystem and consumer

1. School of Applied
Science
Presented by-IPSITA SAHOO
Reg. no-200705180160
Supervised by-
Dr. SibaPrasad Parida
Subject-Water and soil quality management

2. Anecosystemis a community of living organisms and
their interactions with their abiotic(nonliving)
environment.
The members of biotic components of an ecosystem
are grouped in to three based on how they get food.
•Producer (plants)
•Consumer (Animals)
•Decomposers (Micro-organisms)
ECOSYSTEM
Ecosystemscanbesmall,suchasthetidepoolsfoundneartherocky
shoresofmanyoceans,orlarge,suchastheAmazonRainforestinBrazil.
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3. A consumer is any animal that gets its energy from
consuming anotherorganism.
Inmanyecosystems,thebottomofthefoodchain
consistsofphotosyntheticorganisms(plantsand/or
phytoplankton),whicharecalledprimaryproducers.
Theorganismsthatconsumetheprimaryproducers
areherbivores:theprimaryconsumers.
Secondaryconsumersareusuallycarnivoresthat
eattheprimaryconsumers.
Tertiaryconsumersarecarnivoresthateatother
carnivores.Higher-levelconsumersfeedonthenext
lowertropiclevels,andsoon,uptotheorganismsat
thetopofthefoodchain:theapexconsumers.
What is a Consumer?
Image credit: "Ecology of ecosystems” by OpenStaxCollege, Biology

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