Multi-choice activity for tuitime, ecology education about New Zealand tui.

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Activities - Multichoice 5

The Death and Dying page in the InfoNest section will help you to answer the multiple-choice questions, below. When you have made your choices, click Submit. Your answers will be automatically marked and feedback presented.

1.	When animals and plants die, they are broken down and turned into soil. This process is:
	a.	photosynthesis
	b.	decomposition
	c.	osmosis
	d.	coalification

2.	The most important creatures in this process are:
	a.	flies
	b.	maggots
	c.	worms
	d.	beetles

3.	Other factors in the process are:
	a.	sunlight
	b.	bacteria
	c.	fungi and mould
	d.	all of the above

4.	Healthy soil has lots of:
	a.	air
	b.	tunnels
	c.	fertiliser
	d.	all of the above

5.	Turning dead material into soil is like:
	a.	osmosis
	b.	recycling
	c.	conservation
	d.	photosynthesis

6.	The fruiting parts of one type fungus are called:
	a.	nodes
	b.	puffballs
	c.	apples
	d.	leaves

7.	When dead material is broken down into soil, plants then have access to:
	a.	minerals
	b.	nutrients
	c.	both a and b
	d.	water

8.	When worms eat decaying matter in soil, they make:
	a.	fertiliser
	b.	weeds
	c.	nitrogen
	d.	water

9.	Which of the following IS THE LEAST HELP in turning dead plants and animals into soil:
	a.	worms
	b.	fungi
	c.	bacteria
	d.	methane gas

10.	In one day, worms can eat:
	a.	more than their weight
	b.	half their weight
	c.	twice their weight
	d.	ten times their weight