Decomposers

Front

Which of the following statements is true?
- Decomposers are a special type of producer
- Worms are decomposers
- Decomposers are living things
- None of these are true

Back

Decomposers are living things

Front

How do decomposers help plants?

Back

They release nutrients into the soil that plants use to grow.

Front

What are the two important jobs of a decomposer in an ecosystem?

Back

Put energy back in the food chain and keep waste from piling up

Front

What are wastes that a decomposer produces?

Back

All of the above (carbon dioxide, nutrients, sometimes methane)

Front

How do fungi store excess food?

Back

sugar

Front

Where does the materials go once decomposers break it down?

Back

All of the above (soil, water, air)

Front

How do decomposers help plants?

Back

produce carbon dioxide & nutrients

Front

Which is a decomposer?

Back

mushrooms

Front

A decomposer helps to _________________ materials & returns them back into the ecosystem to be used again.

Back

recycle

Front

How do we know materials are decomposing?

Back

All of the above: smells, mold grows, loses shape/breaks down.