The savanna ecosystem is dominated by grasses that grow during the rainy season. The climate is dry and wet. Primary consumers include elephants, giraffes, deer, and zebras that feed on plants. Secondary consumers such as foxes, hyenas, and snakes feed on herbivores. Tertiary consumers like lions, vultures, and leopards feed on carnivores and herbivores. Decomposers such as fungi and bacteria break down organic matter into inorganic nutrients for producers. Unregulated hunting can disrupt the ecosystem by causing species extinctions that ripple through the food chain.

1. THE
SAVANN
A
Carmen & Silvia 2 A y B

2. PRODUCERS
In the savanna, there are few trees. It is dominated by
grasses, mainly wild grasses and excellent pastures. These
herbs grow in the rainy season and in some places, the
closest to the equator.
In the savanna, the climate is dry and
wet

3. CONSUMERS 1
The main primary animals include:
-Elephants
-Giraffes
-Deer
-Zebras
Primary consumers are herbivores, feeding on plants.

4. CONSUMERS 2
Secondary consumers are carni-
vores that feed on herbivores.
The most abundant secondary
consumers of the savanna are:
-The Fox
-Hyenas
-Snakes

5. The tertiary consumers are carnivores that eat carnivores and
herbivores.
CONSUMERS 3
The main tertiary consumers are:
-Lions
-Vultures
-The Leopards
-Crocodiles

6. DESCOMPOSERS
Decomposers play a very important role in ecosystems.
They decompose organic matter into inorganic matter
for producers to be reused. Thus, natural resources last
longer.
The primary decomposers are fungi and bacteria.

7. Consumers 2
Decomposers
Producers
Consumers 1
Consumers 3
Leopard
cheetah
Lion
Ring-tail hawk
giraffe
zebrarhino
gnu
herbs
acacia
Lycaon
pictus
(or
African
hunting
dog)

8. What would happen in the ecosystem
if people practice hunting?
If people practice hunting, killing animals prohibited by law, many
species would become extinct. If a species becomes extinct, the
animal that eats the extinct species would have to eat other species
or starve also.
If primary consumer dies, the secondary and tertiary consumers
would die. If secondary consumer dies, the other two types of
consumers would die. If a tertiary consumer species dies , one would
think that other species do not die, but that's not the case. If the
tertiary consumer species dies, secondary consumers would have no
predators to eat them. Their population would increase, which
means that there will be more secondary consumers to eat primary
consumers. As a result, primary consumers are eaten by the
secondary consumers become extinct and they would die too. So, if
a tertiary consumer dies, the other two types of consumers would