The Circle Of Life

Everything relies on each other for most to survive whether its a living or non-living organism. Whether it's the sun, plants, animals, water, or human beings, we all depend on each other for our existence and life here on Earth. Like the circle of life, to balance things out, we must need food and water for survival, whereas our food, such as cows and pigs needs plants and water for their survival. This creates what we call a food chain.The food chain consist of producers, herbivores, carnivores, decomposers, then back to producers.

According to Cunningham (2010), producers are organisms that photosynthesize, mainly green plants and algae. Producers such as green plants are very important and are highly needed by the herbivores for survival. Some of the Herbivores who depends on producers are animals such as horses, cows, and pandas. Herbivores are plant eaters (Cunningham 2010). With herbivores depending on plants and algae, carnivores depends on herbivores for their survival.

Carnivores are predators which eat and hunt other animals (NatureWorks 2010). A short list of carnivores are tigers, lions, and sharks.While many would think a human being is a carnivore they are consider as an omnivore along with many other creatures and animals like bats, bears, and cougars. Omnivores eat both plant and animal matter (Cunningham 2010). Where there is a beginning and life, there comes an ending and death. So with herbivores and carnivores, when they no longer live, they will decompose on the Earth's ground and enrich the soil in which becomes producers. 

In conclusion, producers, herbivores, carnivores, and decomposers all depend and revolve around each other for survival. When one dies, the other lives, and therefore creates the circle of life.

Cunningham, William P., and Mary Ann Cunningham. Environmental Science. 11. New York: The McGraw-Hill, 2010. 62-63. Print.

"NatureWorks." Carnivores. New Hampshire Public Television, 2010. Web. 7 Feb 2011. <http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep10a.htm>.