For a week Manu's mom told him to bury the kitchen waste under a mango tree. After few weeks, when she told him to check that place, he was surprised. What do you think happened?
A
The waste that he threw was still there.
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B
The waste that he threw was no longer there.
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C
Bacteria and worms had completely consumed them.
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D
The tree started to decompose.
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Solution
The correct options are B The waste that he threw was no longer there. C Bacteria and worms had completely consumed them. Kitchen waste is unused vegetable peels, eggshells, left-over food or other organic matter. These are biodegradable and can be broken down into simple substances by bacteria or other micro-organisms. In the given case, the kitchen waste got decomposed by micro-organisms and mixed up in the soil.