Decomposition of Leaves

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Which of these are decomposers? fungi, insects, worms, bacteria, all of the above

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all of the above

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which living thing gets energy from breaking down dead plants and animals material? Options: plants, decomposers, consumers, fox

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decomposers

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What role do both algae and bacteria have in common in some ecosystems? Options: eating living things that eat other living things, using sunlight to make their own food, eating plants, breaking down dead plant and animal material

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breaking down dead plant and animal material

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How do worms participate in our ecosystem? Options: 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

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they break down dead matter into soil

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What is occurring in this image? Options: The leaf made an indentation in the mud, the leaf is decomposing, the leaf is covered in frost, the leaves are dead

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the leaf is decomposing

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Living organisms are interdependent.

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true

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What happens to fallen leaves?

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they decompose and are recycled back into the ecosystem

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Decomposers are at the end of the food chain

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false

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Decomposers don't have any natural predators

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false