CONSUMERS: HERBIVORES, CARNIVORES AND OMNIVORESMrs. McVey

Guilmette Middle School

5th Grade Science Teacher

CONTENT OBJECTIVE

In this lesson students will learn about the three types of consumers (herbivore, carnivore and omnivore).

Students will be able to identify what each type of consumer eats.

REVIEW: WHAT IS A CONSUMER?

Consume means “to eat”

Consumers in the food chain consume (eat) plants or other organisms to get their energy for food.

THE LATIN ROOT WORD

“VORE”To eat

HERBIVOREHerb is the Latin word for plant

An herbivore is a plant eater

HERBIVORE: CATERPILLAR

Caterpillar’s eat plants.

Plant eaters are herbivores.

HERBIVORE: ZEBRAZebra’s eat plants, which includes grass.

Zebra’s are herbivores.

CARNIVORECarne Latin word for eating meat carnivore

A is a meat eaterA carnivore eats other organisms.

CARNIVORE: SNAKEA snake eats mice and other small animals.

Animals are organisms.

Snakes are carnivores.

CARNIVORE: OWLOwls eat snakes and small rodents.

Snakes and rodents are organisms.

An owl is a carnivore.

CARNIVORE: SPIDERA spider eats insects and small animals.

Insects are organisms.

A spider is a carnivore.

OMNIVOREOmni is Latin for allAn ominivore is “all” eating

Eats both plants and organisms.

OMNIVORE: GRIZZLY BEAR

Grizzly bears eat berries.

Grizzly bears eat fish and other organisms (animals).

Plants Organisms

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