Tuesday, June 3, 2008

P3A SCIENCE

title:fungi and micro-organisms
-mushroom belongs to a group of living things called fungi.
-fungi are not plants
-fungi feed on plants and animals -dead or alive
-they aslo feed on things that are made from plants or animals.
-fungi break down their food inot simple substances that they can absorb.when they do so,they cause their food to decay.
-mould is a type of fungus.it feeds on a lot of food we eat
-it breaks down the food first and then absorbs the nutrient
-fungi reproduce by reproducing spores
-in mushrooms,the spores are foumd in the gills.
-mushrooms function:gills,cao and stalk
-when a fungus realeases its spores,the wind carries them in the air.
-some of these spores land on suitable places and they grow into new fungi.
-tiny living things are called micro organisms.
-<> means tiny. means living things
-fungi reproduces by spores.

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