Producers are living things which are able to make their own food. Green plants make their own food. Consumers depend on food made by green plants. Animals are consumers. Decomposers consume dead material.
Microbes are decomposers.
In a natural community, the producers, consumers, and decomposers are linked together in a food chains. Have students discuss the lesson with someone at home. All living things benefit from belonging to communities and food webs. Have students discuss the lesson with someone at home. We belong to the same community and food webs as do animals and plants that live with us.