NATURE'S RECYCLERS

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Across 4. Chipmunk, raccoon, woodpecker 8. Microscopic decomposer 10. Lives under moist decomposing wood to breathe through its skin 11. Decomposer also known as "pill bugs" 12. Part of soil that is remains of once living plants and animals

Down 1. Decomposer who creates air tunnels in soil 2. A woodpecker is one of these 3. Vitamins/minerals necessary for life and growth of plants and animals 5. Dead once living material lying on the ground or at the bottom of the vernal pool 6. Element recycled back to soil by dead organisms and animal waste 7. Loose material on the Earth's surface in which plants grow 9. Mushrooms, molds are types of this; cannot make own food

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