| A | B |
| Stalk | Supporting structure of a flowering fungi |
| Gills | Area of flowering fungi where spores are stored |
| organic | Coming from a living or once living thing |
| decompose | to break down, rot, or decay |
| decomposers | organisms responsible for decomposition |
| nutrients | vitamins and minerals contained in organic material |
| mycelium | white, thread-like material of a fungi |
| scavengers | animals that eat dead organisms they did not kill |
| saddle | A reproductive structure found in adult worms that looks like a thick, swollen band |
| segments | the numerous, ring-shaped parts that make up the earthworm's body |
| castings | the remains of digested food from worms |
| variable | what changes in an experiment |
| Dark, moisture, food | Three things fungi need to grow |
| spores | microscopic particles used in fungi reproduction |