Which statement describes a decomposer?
A. A giraffe eats the leaves off of trees, but does not kill the tree.
B. An aardvark kills and eats termites.
C. Fungus grows on a dead tree, slowly consuming the wood.
D. The roots of a maple tree grow under a sidewalk, slowly cracking and destroying the concrete.

The phlogiston theory in the 17th century attempted to explain burning. the theory stated that combustable objects contained a material called phlogiston, a substance without mass, color, odor, etc. after objects burned, the objects were dephlogistonated and were then in their true form. the phlogiston theory was accepted until the 18th century, when lavoisier proved that combustion requires a gas that has mass. phlogiston is considered a) to be scientific knowledge b) not to be scientific knowledge c) to be proven by scientific method d) to be accepted in the modern scientific community

When elements that form a mineral dissolve in hot water, they form a mixture called a(n) a)geode b)vein c)evaporation d)crystallization e)magma f)lava g)solution h)gem

The cluster of developing cells from conception until birth is called an