Tuesday 4/9 - ER PB 3 - Decomposition Review

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7 questions
Objective: KWBAT explain how decomposers help plants grow.
The Forest Ecosystem

The grass is consumed by the rabbit, which is a consumer and needs to eat something to obtain its energy. The rabbit is then eaten by a coyote, also a consumer. When the coyote, rabbit, and grass dies, it is eaten and decomposed by worms and bacteria, which are decomposers, returning its nutrients into the food chain to be used again.
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Where do the worms directly get the energy that they need to survive?

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Name the two things that all the organisms in the forest ecosystem use energy for?

1. _______
2. _______
1

Which of the following are true for worms? Select all that apply.

1

Identify the decomposer in this food web.

1

How do decomposers get food molecules?

1

How do decomposers help plants grow?

Look at all the evidence cards, then answer the question.









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Why aren’t the cecropia trees growing and thriving in the soil?

Criteria For Success:
  1. In a short answer, explain why the cecropia trees aren't growing and thriving in the soil.
  2. Use the evidence cards to support your claim.
  3. Explain how decomposers get food and how decomposers help plants grow.
  4. Explain with details why the cecropia trees aren't growing and thriving in the soil.
The cecropia trees aren’t growing and thriving because _____. Evidence card ____ shows _____. Decomposers get food by _____ and put _____ in the soil. This means cecropia trees aren’t growing because _____.