Our Environment — BIOLOGY STD 6 — Question

Consumers :
a. They are organisms that cannot make their own food and depend on either plants or other animals for their food.
b. They are also called heterotrophs.
c. e.g. deer, tiger, vulture.
d. They come between producers and decomposers in a food chain.
Decomposers :
a. They are micro-organisms and worms that feed upon the remains of dead plants and animals for energy and return the nutrients to the soil.
b. They are also called nature’s scavengers.
c. e.g. bacteria, fungi, earthworm.
d. They end a food chain.