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Decomposers

Authored by Micheala Engel

Biology

5th - 6th Grade

13 Questions

NGSS covered

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Decomposers
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do decomposers help plants?

The eat other insects that might eat the plants.
The do not compete against the plants for food.
They scare away potential predators of plants. 
The release nutrients into the soil that plants use to grow.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Keep waste from piling up and give carnivores energy
Put energy back in the food chain and keep waste from piling up
Put energy back in the food chain and compete against herbivores for food
Supply the oxygen needed for plants to make food and keep waste from piling up

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are wastes that a decomposer produces?

carbon dioxide

nutrients

sometimes methane

All of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do fungi store excess food?

sugar

starch

fat

they don't store excess food

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where does the materials go once decomposers break it down?

soil

water

air

all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do decomposers help plants?

produce oxygen & nutrients

produce methane & nutrients

produce carbon dioxide & nutrients

produce only nutrients

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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