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Why is studying microorganisms important?
To understand how they affect health, food, and the environment
What happens to organic matter during decay?
It is broken down into simpler substances like nutrients
Why are microorganisms essential to food webs?
They break down waste and return nutrients to producers
What are nutrients?
Substances needed by living things to grow and stay healthy
What is the main function of a decomposer?
Recycle nutrients into the environment
What is decay?
The process of breaking down dead matter
What do arrows in a food web show?
The direction of energy flow between organisms
What is a food web?
Many food chains connected together
What is a food chain?
A series of organisms showing how energy is transferred
What is prey?
The animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal
What is a predator?
An animal that hunts other animals for food
What is a herbivore?
Eats plants only
What is a carnivore?
An organism that eats other animals
What are consumers?
Organisms that eat other organisms for energy
What are producers in a food chain?
Organisms that make their own food using sunlight
What is the function of algae in the ecosystem?
Produce oxygen and serve as food for aquatic animals B. Cause decay
Which microorganism makes its own food using sunlight?
Why are fungi important decomposers?
They recycle nutrients from dead organisms back to the soil
What are fungi?
Microorganisms that feed on dead or living things
What kind of microorganism is yeast?
Single-celled fungus
Why must agar jelly and tools be sterile before use?
To avoid contamination by unwanted microorganisms
Which tool is used to grow microorganisms safely in the lab?
petri Dish
What is microorganisms?
A living thing too small to be seen without a microscope