Decomposers Ecosystems Mystery Science day 3

What is compost?

• A type of mushroom
• A type of soil
• A type of fungus
• Decayed plant material that can be used as fertilizer

What does it mean to predict in a scientific context?

• To follow a set procedure
• To analyze data
• To create new things from scratch
• To guess what will happen based on things you know

What is mold?

• A type of mushroom
• A type of fungus that often decomposes food
• A type of plant
• A type of soil

What is a mushroom?

• A type of fungus that usually has a stalk and cap
• A type of animal
• A type of soil
• A type of plant

What is a fungus?

• A type of soil
• A type of plant
• A living thing that is a decomposer and has spores, such as a mold or mushroom
• A type of animal

What is an experiment?

• A test used to discover new information about a question
• A type of mushroom
• A type of plant
• A type of soil

What is soil?

• A type of animal
• A type of plant
• A type of fungus
• Covers the Earth's surface; made of tiny rocks and material from dead plants and animals

What is a variable in an experiment?

• Something that you can change in an experiment in order to test an idea
• A type of soil
• A type of mushroom
• A type of plant

What is a decomposer?

• A type of plant
• A type of soil
• A living thing that can break down nonliving things
• A type of mushroom