Detritivores and Decomposers

Detritivores have mouth parts.

• True

• False

Decomposers release chemicals to break down the food.

• True

• False

A worm has mouthparts so it is an example of a decomposer.

• True

• False

An example of a decomposer would be a bacterium in a dead rat.

• True

• False

Decomposers can also be described as absorbers.

• True

• False

A crab eating a dead fish is an example of a decomposer.

• True

• False

A blue green fungus on a slice of old bread is an example of a detritivore.

• True

• False

A fly maggot in a piece of meat is an example of a detritivore.

• True

• False

Without detritivores and decomposers dead organisms would break down in other ways.

• True

• False

The detritivore in your bottle ecosystem would be...

• Grass

• Seedlings

• Worm

• Mould