Decomposition

Which of these are decomposers?

• fungi

• insects

• worms

• bacteria

• all of the above

which decomposers break down organisms?

• fungi

• bacteria

• worms

• mushrooms

• all of the above

which living thing gets energy from breaking down dead plants and animals material?

• plants

• decomposers

• consumers

• fox

How do worms participate in our ecosystem?

• they create their own food

• they break down dead matter into soil

• they eat plants and smaller insects

• they are eaten by larger animals and are turned into soil

What is occurring in this image?

• The leaf made an indentation in the mud

• the leaf is decomposing

• the leaf is covered in frost

• the leaves are dead

What happens to fallen leaves?

• they are raked and put in bags

• they continue to pile up

• they are compressed

• they decompose and are recycled back into the ecosystem

Decomposers are at the end of the food chain

• true

• false

Decomposers don't have any natural predators

• true

• false

I am Mother Nature's recycler because I take dead things and turn them back into soil.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

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Which is an example of a producer?

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