Nature's Recyclers
Print the clues below and Click Here for an image to study. Then write the name of the natural recycler beside the matching clue. See how many other recyclers you can find in the picture.
- You'll find us crawling in a line: the earth we move and mix. We're tiny and hard working - and we love Picnics.
I am ___________________________________
- To us, a speck of dust seems very large: But as decomposers, we take charge.
I am ___________________________________
- I like the dampness of this log: Inshade is where I'll be. Though I look lizard -like. I'm an amphibian, you see.
I am ___________________________________
- I wait for things to die, then eat them for my sup. Do you think my cap looks like and umbrella opened up?
I am ___________________________________
- I steal an empty snail shell, then I move inside. I'm a recycler, not a thief! But I am still forced to hide.
I am ___________________________________
- For many yeard. I grew strong and tall: I'll still be a home - even agter I fall.
I am ___________________________________
- My work is "boring" and it's dark. Honeycombing under bark.
I am ___________________________________
- Don't feed me, please! Or leave trash for me to munch. A fur ball with a mask. I'll grow dependent on you lunch.
I am ___________________________________
- We eat what's left over, filter-feeding as a rule. One lives in we sand: the other, in a tide pool.
I am ___________________________________
- Like a hawk I soar. "Turkey_______" is my name. Dressed in black and white and red, carrion's my game.
I am ___________________________________
- I eat dead wood in the heart of this tree. If I chew on your how, you'll get rid of me.
I am ___________________________________
- When food goes through me, I enrich the soil. Without arms or legs, I just wriggle and coil.
I am ___________________________________
- With my strong feet, the diggings great! My burrows help air to circulate.
I am ___________________________________