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Some Organism are Decomposer
Decompsers Recycle Matter
Decomposers Can Store Excess Food
Decomposers Produce Waste
Humans Can Help Decomposers
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An organism that breaks down dead organisms and their wastes.

decomposer

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Decomposers get these 2 things after they break down their food.

energy and matter

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A type of fungi that can be found on food.

mold

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The gas that is released after a decomposer produces waste
What is carbon dioxide
100
They are a type of decomposer that helps humans when it comes to decomposing waste
What is an earthworm
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One group of living things that are neither plant nor animal.

Fungi

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Fungi create this in order to eat their food.

digestive juices

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Fungi store this food for a short period of time.

sugar

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The three places the decomposer's waste goes
What is air, water, and soil
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A mixture of soil and decaying matter that provides the materials that plants need
What is compost
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One group of organisms that are too small to be seen without a microscope

Bacteria

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When fungi cannot digest all of their food, it goes to these 2 places.

air and soil

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Fungi do NOT store food as this.

fat

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These producers are able to use the nutrients from the waste a decomposer releases/
What are plants
300
These 2 types of tools can be used to mix up compost.
What is a pitchfork or shovel
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A type of decomposer that lives in the soil. They eat dead leaves and chunks of dead material and wastes found there.

earthworm

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Without these things none of the living things that die would break down.

decomposer

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This type of decomposer has no way of storing excess food.

bacteria

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Another gas besides carbon dioxide decomposers release. Watch out, it can be deadly.
What is methan
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These materials cannot be added to compost (name at least 2)
What are meat scraps, metal objects, and other non-decaying materials
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A type of well known fungi.

mushroom

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What the decomposer does with dead material and waste.

break down into simple materials

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When bacteria cannot live or break down waste, it dies or becomes this... means still alive but growing or developing

What is dormant

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This process used by plants uses carbon dioxide
What is photosynthesis
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These materials can be added into a compost
What are grass clippings, fruit/veggies, leaves, eggshells, coffee grouds, etc.