Decomposers, Food Chain and Food Web interactions

A decomposer?

• Eats dead plants or animals and breaks down to put nutrients in the soil
• Eats plants or other animals for food
• Makes its own food
• Machine that gathers trash

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

This organism draws its water from the ground, traps sunlight in its chlorophyll, and makes glucose (sugar) in broad green parts of its body. Is it a...

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

This organism draws its nutrients from dead organisms as it releases enzymes to cause the organisms to break down and break apart. Is it a...

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Earthworm. Is it a...

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Fungi. Is it a...

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Bacteria 

• Producer
• Consumer 
• Decomposer 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the role of a decomposer in an ecosystem?

• capture the energy of sunlight

• produce energy for plants and animals

• break down dead organisms and their wastes

• transport nutrients and other materials among organisms

Which organisms are examples of decomposers?

• rabbits

• lion

• fungi

• trees

What is decay?

• when something rots

• a kind of tree

• when something gets lost

• when something dies

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If there was no decay, what would happen?

• dead stuff would pile up

• it would turn into gold

• it would blow up

• the dead stuff would magically vanish

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3