TCI Science 1.4 Lesson Game

A decomposer

• makes its own food

• is a type of mushroom

• uses dead organisms

• eats living animals

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Decomposers ___________ the materials they digest.

• destroy

• recycle

• create

• produce

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Dormant bacteria are

• not developing

• storing energy

• breaking down

• no longer living

Mushrooms are a type of

• fungi

• plant

• bacteria

• invertebrate

Mold is a type of

• fungus that breaks down plants.

• bacteria that breaks down food.

• fungus that breaks down food.

• bacteria that breaks down animals.

___________ is one type of waste created by decomposers.

• Compost

• Oxygen gas

• Carbon dioxide

• Mold organisms

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What organisms work with fungi and bacteria to break down material?

• earthworms

• tree stumps

• small animals

• all of the above

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How is excess energy stored by fungi?

• as fat

• as starch

• as sugar

• in roots

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Which of the following can be added to a compost pile?

• banana peel

• newspaper

• coffee grounds

• all of the above

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Decomposers in the rainforest _________ break down materials.

• slowly

• do not

• quickly

• rarely

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