Decomposers

Which of the following statements is true?

• Decomposers are a special type of producer

• All Decomposers can Move

• Decomposers are living things

• 
  None of these are true

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How do decomposers help plants?

• The release nutrients into the soil that plants use to grow.

• They scare away potential predators of plants. 

• The eat other insects that might eat the plants.

• The do not compete against the plants for food.

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Which 2 are decomposers?

• Fish

• Snakes

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  Worms

• Mushrooms

What is the role of a decomposer in an ecosystem? (What do they do and why?)

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Energy flows through a system of living things in a "what eats what" model called ___

• The carbon cycle

• A Food Chain

• Spider Web

• Photosynthesis

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Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Sun

• Wolf

• Grass

• Deer

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How did you feel about this lesson?

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  I could teach it

• Level 2-

  I can do it with help

• Level 1-

  Im Confused

• Level 3-

  I can do this on my own

Choose a Decomposer of your choice and explain why you know that it’s a Decomposer (what it does).

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Identify the Decomposers Below

• Venus Fly Trap

• Rose

• Cockroach

• Beetle