*”Animal Jobs: Pooping” Quiz*
#1. Why do animals poop?
Because they have to eat, and once they eat, then they have to poop.
#2. What does poop provide plants?
Nutrients! Poop contains a lot of nutrients that plants need to grow.
#3. What’s the simplest way for plants to get dung-based
nutrients?
The simplest way is an animal poops on the ground where plants are growing.
#4. How do decomposers help feed plants?
They , eat all that dead or decaying stuff and then they poop it out!
#5. Where do aquatic plants, algae, and plankton get nutrients from?
Whale poop!
#6. How does poop help with seed dispersal?
Sometimes dung has seeds in it, and when an animal travels far from where it ate, thatmeans that seedy shit gets spread around.
#7. True or False: some parrotfish sleep in a snotty “sleeping bag”.
True! They spend about an hour every night creating a nearly-invisible bubble of mucus to sleep in. Ewwwww…..
#8. Why do parrotfish sometimes change from female to male?
So they can challenge the other males currently leading their group.
#9. What gives the parrotfish their name?
That big “beak” that looks like a parrot’s.
#10. What is a lot of parrotfish poop made of?
Sand!!! Who knew we’re making “parrotfish poop castles” at the beach.
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