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Producers and Consumers

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Producers and Consumers
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 4 to 6
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	4.27

Vocabulary

challenging words:

outdoor, daytime, organism, living, depend, such, several, kinds, hawks, herd, need, example, chain, community, different, near

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Producers and Consumers By Cindy Grigg

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¹     All living things need food. How do living organisms get food? Different organisms get food in different ways.
 
²     Green plants use sunlight to make or produce their own food. This process is called photosynthesis. Plants and other organisms that make their own food are called producers.
 
³     Most organisms cannot make their own food. They must eat or consume their food. These organisms are called consumers. Some consumers such as mice, rabbits, and deer eat plants. Other consumers such as hawks, coyotes, and lions eat other animals.

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