Reading Composting

Moisture helps the compost pile to decompose

• slower
• faster

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Composting occurs

• within hours
• within a few days
• over an extended period of time
• only when you turn the pile

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Which organism help to breakdown or decompose waste and dead organisms?

• The organisms and waste breakdown on their own.

• Only fungi

• Only bacteria

• Fungi, bacteria and other decomposer's such as worms and beetles.

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A very small life form, especially a bacterium.

• microbe

• bacteria

• atom

• microscope

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Mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock and plant and animal remains, used for gardening.

• dirt

• soil

• beach

• compost

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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An organism that consumes dead or nonliving things and helps break them down into parts of soil.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• activator

Which of the following is a decomposer.

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Which composter would work best at allowing air into the dirt mixture inside of the composter?

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