shrunk and wrinkly

leaves absorbing pumpkin

color change of pumpkin

rotting/decaying

has holes

is drying up

it is decomposing (breaking down)

pumpkin got older

it had a lack of nutrients

Why is the pumpkin rotting/decaying?

why is the color changing

did the pumpkin get absorbed into the soil or the air?

why were holes forming? why couldn't you see maggots?

was there any odor released?

what would happen if we gave water through the stem?

why the pumpkin deflated

why did color change. if surroundings changed would decay be prevented

dead man looking metallic and shiny

looked malnourished and skinny

Maybe the body looks fake

noose around neck

body looked intact

body was surrounded by grass/bog

Molecules from surrounding entered the body

something about the environment made it last longer

maybe the peat - physical barrier stopped it from decomposing

covered/compressed - it stopped oxygen from contact so that slowed decomposition

location factors - it was cold - help preserve

Why didn't the environment break down the material

How is the body/features preserved ?

what material is coating the body?

Can other things be preserved if conditions were the same as in the bog?

What other conditions could contribute?

what texture would the body have?

What conditions caused the pumpkin to decompose faster?

If the pumpkin was in the bog would it be preserved that long?

How much does environment affect the rate of decomposition?

what in the body contributed to the rate of decomp.?

why was the sediment better at preserving the body?

Would the body decompose faster if in the pumpkin environ?

what might have diffused into the body?

Why did they change color?

What specific factors contribute to decomposition?

What makes up peat?

How would the body decompose close to the surface?

The temp/pH of the pumpkin environ?

what part affects color change?

If you change just one factor would it still affect rate of decomp?

Number of decomposers in either environ?