Gr3 Sci T1-Decomposers

They breaking down or reducing of organic material into smaller pieces is called ____________.

• decomposition

• consuming

• producing

____________ are organisms that break down the cells of dead materials.

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

Decomposers are also called as the Earth’s Recyclers because they recycle the nutrients from dead materials back into the ecosystem.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not an example of a fungi?

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Detritivores are not decomposers.

• True

• False

Which of the following organisms is decomposer?

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Which of the following statements are both true?

• Decomposers eat dead materials that they find.

  Scavengers break down the cells of dead materials.

• Consumers eat dead materials that they find.

  Decomposers break down the cells of dead materials.

• Scavengers eat dead materials that they find.

  Decomposers break down the cells of dead materials.

Decomposers play an important role in the flow of energy through an ecosystem.

• True

• False