Quizizz Nature's Recyclers Lessons 1-2 Practice Test

Organisms that break down dead plants or animals to get their nutrients are called?

• Scavengers

• Decomposers

• Nutrients

• Carnivores

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What do you call animals that eat dead organisms they did not kill?

• Scavengers

• Decomposers

• Organisms

• Herbivores

A process in which remains of living things rot is called?

• Excrete

• Decomposition

• Nutrients

• Natural Waste

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To remove waste products from the body is called?

• Excrete

• Natural Waste

• Nutrients

• Dung

What do you call the manure or feces of an animal.

• Excrete

• Natural Waste

• Nutrients

• Dung

What do all organic remains have in common?

• They were once part of a living thing.

• They lived part of their life in water.

• They were once part of a nonliving thing

• All three of the answers are correct

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When organic remains decompose they:

• Rot

• Decay

• Breakdown

• All three of the answers are correct

What do beetles get from dung?

• Food or nutrients

• Seeds

• Water

• Protection

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How do decomposers help the environment?

• They produce food.

• They break down organic remains so nutrients can be reused.

• They eat insects like mosquitos

• They protect us from infections

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How are decomposers like consumers?

• They provide energy to producers.

• They must capture prey in order to survive.

• They can make their own energy from sunlight.

• They get their energy from producers or other consumers.

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