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Name
Vocabulary
decomposer a living thing that
breaks down dead or decaying
things for food
Decomposers are nature’s
“recyclers.” They break down
dead things so that the matter
in them can be used again.
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fungus a kind of decomposer
Fungi have many cells.
Bacteria are decomposers, too.
But bacteria have only one cell.
mold a kind of fungus
Other kinds of fungi are
mushrooms and yeast.
Date
STUDENT RESOURCE PAGE 5.1
INFORMATION SHEET
photosynthesis a chemical
reaction in plants that makes
food for the plant
Molds cannot carry out
photosynthesis. They do not
have chlorophyll like plants do.
spore made by molds when they
reproduce
Spores grow into new
molds.
spore case the part of a mold
that produces spores
A spore case can produce
millions of spores.
LIFE CYCLES • SECTION 5 GROWING MOLD