Name: _____________________________
Consumer/Decomposer
Differences
(Contrasting)
1. How do
they obtain
energy?
2. What
do they
consume?
1.
Eating
other
organisms
Date: ____________
Compare/Contrast Essay
Double Bubble Map
Similarities
(Comparing)
Living
organisms
“biotic”
Hour: _____
Differences
(Contrasting)
1.
1. How do
they obtain
energy?
Breaks
down dead
organisms
2.
2. What
do they
consume?
2.
Plants &
animals
3. What do
they
use/produce?
3.
Consumer
Obtain
energy
from other
organisms
Decomposer
Dead
organisms
3.
Uses
energy/
produces
nothing
Have a
specific role
in the food
chain
Uses energy/
produces H2O
and CO2
3. What do
they
use/produce?
IMPORTANT NOTE: Differences must be LIKE differences. For example, in differences bubble #1, you could choose “source of
energy” as your topic. This means that for both consumers and decomposers you should write about their source of energy in bubble #1.