Taylor Seigler

Producers, Consumers, Decomposers (Covers LS 9)

• Introduction
  
• Overarching thesis
  • all organisms interact, nothing is truly independent
    
• What producers are
  • primary/secondary
  • photosynthesizing organisms
  • make up braod base of food pyramid
  • make up majority of all known species
    • ask for examples of producers for board
• What consumers are
  • primary/secondary/tertiary
  • we are consumers
    • ask for examples of decomposers
• What Decomposers are
  • the garbage men of the earth
  • explain detritivores
  • crabs in Chesapeake Bay
    • indicators of ecosystem health
    • ask for examples of decomposers
• Conclusion