Sorting Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers Worksheet

Each organism in our free, printable worksheet on sorting producers, consumers, and decomposers belongs to one of the three types! Can you tell if trees are producers, consumers, or decomposers? Trees are autotrophs, so they're producers. How about an earthworm? Is it a producer too? No, it survives on decayed matter, so it is a decomposer. One step ahead, which category are we, the humans? We are consumers as we depend on plants and animals for food. Wouldn't it be exhilarating if we had a printable worksheet on this? Cut out each picture; reason out why it's a producer, consumer, or decomposer; and glue it onto the correct column.

This producers, consumers, and decomposers sorting pdf suits the 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade kids.

NGSS: 5-LS2-1