Saturday, September 7, 2019

Do Worms Eat Soil?

When students are posed with the question where do dead leaves go?  Many answered that worms often eat the dead plant matter in the soil. However, many students also believed that worms eat soil. 

After this engaging investigation from Mystery Science students discovered that worms prefer soil to dirt. They are not exactly eating the soil, rather the dead plant matter in the soild.

They are decomposers!