Science: Class Response

Consumers are organisms that feed on producers and the four types are herbivores, carnivores, omnivores and scavengers. Herbivores are plant eaters and an example of one would be a rabbit because it only eats land plants. Carnivores eat other animals and a wolf is one because it eats deer and rabbit. Omnivores eat both plants and animals and an example would be humans because we eat animals as well as vegetables. And lastly, scavengers feed on the bodies of dead such as the hyenas and vultures.

I believe that all four of these consumers are equally important for many reasons. Without herbivores, we would have many grown plants. Without carnivores, the population of all animals would immensly increase. Without omnivores, it would be both. And without scavengers, there would be dead animals lying all over the place. So even if one of these consumers was missing, the affect on the community would be massive. That's why I think that all of these are extremely special.



http://www.astoventure.arc.nasa.gov/biology/consumers