Science Lesson 3.7 Decomposers: Earth's Stomach

Plants and animals that help free stored energy from dead plant materials and animals

• fungi

• decomposers

• ecosystems

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Plants that produce spores and do not contain chlorophyll.

• decomposers

• algea

• fungi

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An example of fungi

• mold

• mildew

• yeast

• all of the above

Which of the following is an example of a decomposer at work?

• An ant eating spilled sugar

• a bear eating fish

• a beetle eating rotting bark

• a person eating a hamburger

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What is a job of decomposers

• eat dead plant and animal material

• help make energy easier for other living things to get

• make soil more nutritious

• All of the above

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Decomposers create energy

• True

• False

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Decomposers make chemicals easier to use for other plants and animals

• True

• False

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Energy for life comes in the form of chemicals

• True

• False

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Nutritious soil should contain absolutely no chemicals

• True

• False

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Why is bacteria added to human waste at sewage treatment plants?

• Bacteria are good decomposers

• They eat waste and break it down into simpler chemicals

• It makes the sewage easier to process

• all of the above