5. Food Chain of A Frog The role of the worms is to act as a source of food for baby birds. Worms are usually decomposers, breaking down things such as bacteria and plants, and returning the nutrients to the soil. Birds are the next link, they eat the worms and are omnivores, because they eat plants and animals. Frogs are carnivores, they only eat meat, and Great Blue Herons are omnivores, and are the fourth consumer of the chain. Primary Consumer Omnivore (Worm) Secondary Consumer Omnivore (Bird) Tertiary Consumer Carnivore (Frog) Consumer Omnivore (Great Blue Heron)
6. Food Web of A Bullfrog Decomposer Producer Omnivore Carnivore Producer Carnivore Herbivore Carnivore Carnivore A Food Web shows how all of the given species are related in an ecosystem, depending on consumers, producers, and decomposers.
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