ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
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at the beggining
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at the end
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between a producer and consumer
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detritivores and decomposers are the final part of food chains. Detritivores are organisms that eat nonliving plant and animal remains. For example, scavengers such as vultures eat dead animals. Dung beetles eat animal feces.
Detailed explanation-2: -Decomposers, like fungi and bacteria, complete the food chain. Decomposers turn organic wastes, such as decaying plants, into inorganic materials, such as nutrient-rich soil. They complete the cycle of life, returning nutrients to the soil or oceans for use by autotrophs.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.