Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Decomposers

Click here to learn more about decomposers. 

What important nutrient is recycled back to the environment by this unique group of organisms? Can you give examples of decomposers?

Take the quiz at the end of the animation (the squirrels are SO cute!).

19 comments:

  1. Awwww the squirrels ARE cute! I got everything on the quiz right! Yay!

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  2. Our earth recycles :D, I took the quiz at the end and there were squirrels, the last one danced :D, that was fun.

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  3. I failed miserably with the last sentence on the quiz (Decomposers, which are MICROORGANISMS...), all decomposers aren't just microorganisms, right? Like mushrooms and mold?

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  4. The decomposers video was really cool Leslie!
    The squirrels WERE really cute, but it was kinda annoying that you had to wait for them to pop up. The sound was also kinda weird...

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  5. I love how the squirrels dance. Haha :)

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  6. The mushrooms that we eat are not decomposers, right?
    -Shahriyar Haider

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  7. I got a lot wrong (sniff). I can't play fast quizzes.

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  8. I love the squirrels. They're so cute! I got everything right on the quiz, surprisingly

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  9. The quiz didn't work for me, but the website was cool.
    -Stanley Yau

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  10. Actually Shahriyar, I think they are because all mushrooms are decomposers... i think. Well, im pretty sure. They're just not the poisonous ones.

    Michael N. 7I

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  11. It's cool how a dead tree can still add nutrients to the soil and help the environment. The quiz was pretty cool, but the squirrels kind of drove me crazy.....

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  12. Cool quiz the squirrels are really cute! its weird how the word recycles its self, what would happen if there were no decomposers?

    Sophia 7f

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  13. This really helped me learn why decomposers are important to life on earth.
    It is kind of amazing that without something as little as bacteria earth wouldn't be able to function the way it does now.

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  14. The squirrels in the quiz are soooooo cute!!! Now when I think about decomposers and how they play a part in the ecosystem, I will always think of dancing squirrels! :D

    Julia G. 7F

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  15. Ew... is that the mushroom we eat?
    I got one wrong.... the squirell was so annoying! Anyone played that 80s game Duck Hunt with the annoying dog?

    -Omar Hegazy

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  16. The squirrels are soooo cute, especially after you get something right and they start to dance!
    Anyways, the site was a lot of fun and helpful.Thanks!
    -Annique

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  17. I toke the quiz and I got them all right and they danced! Squirels make me happy.

    Lauren 7F

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  18. The squirrels were kinda cute, but also a little freaky. The squirrels had a hourglass shaped body!! It got really skinny at the waist! SO scary! Squirrel's bodies aren't really like that, right?? I hope not...

    ~Jiaming 7B

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