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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem? Record your ideas on your data sheet.
Questions? Write them on your sheet.

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Watch the video of a rat decaying in the woods. Now that you have seen pictures of examples of decomposers as well as videos of decomposition, define decomposer on your data collection sheet.

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Decaying Animal Time Lapse of the common rat or Norway Rat, Rattus norvegicus decomposing from recently dead to bones and fur over the course of 14 days from attack from the flesh eating Dermestid beetles and their larvae. After 14 days all that remains are fur and bones.

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Watch the video of fruits and vegetable decomposing. Note that this was over a period of 74 days and that the video is sped up so the decomposition looks faster than it really is. On your data collection sheet, describe the process you just observed. Then, write down what materials and organisms may have been inside the compost bin that the fruits and vegetables were in and helped speed up the decomposition process.

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Fruit and Vegetable Decomposition, Time-lapse

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Examine the photos of different decomposers and your pillbug specimen. What is similar about these organisms? What is different? Where have you/might you see these organisms?

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Mushroom picture: https://biologydictionary.net/decomposer/
Worm picture: https://modernfarmer.com/2014/08/worm-grunting/
Pill-bug: http://infinitespider.com/the-secret-life-of-pill-bugs/