AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Detritivores and decomposers make up the last part of food chains. Detritivores are organisms that eat nonliving plant and animal remains.

Detailed explanation-2: -Decomposers are the organisms that come last in every food chain. These organisms feed on and get energy from dead or decaying plant and animal material. Things like fungi, bacteria, snails and insects.

Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: If decomposers were removed from a food chain, there would be a break down in the flow of matter and energy. Waste and dead organisms would pile up. Producers would not have enough nutrients because, within the waste and dead organisms, nutrients would not be released back into the ecosystem.