Decomposers

Decomposers

by Aquinta Harden

Multiple Choice

Which organisms are examples of decomposers?

• Rabbits 

• Lions

• Fungi

• Trees

Multiple Choice

While hiking through a nearby forest, you find some fungi growing on a tree stump. What role does the fungi play in this forest ecosystem?

• It breaks down dead tree matter.

• It eats living organisms and their wastes.

Multiple Choice

You build a compost pile using kitchen waste like egg shells and banana peels. Three weeks later, you check your compost. Which of the following observations is the BEST evidence of decomposition?

• There was no color change. 

• There was no change in smell. 

• The kitchen scraps became smaller over time. 

• The kitchen scraps and the container became colder.

Multiple Choice

While on a safari in South Africa, you see some vultures pulling meat off the bones of a large, dead mammal. Which of the following observations accurately describes how vultures are different from fungi?

• Vultures produce juices to digest dead material.

• Vultures break down tiny food pieces into soil.

• Fungi leave behind waste while breaking down food.

• Vultures break down large food pieces into small food pieces.

Multiple Choice

Producers make their own food for survival. Consumers eat producers and leave behind _____.

• food scraps

• waste

• mushrooms

• bacteria