ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
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Decomposers help to recycle air in ecosystems.
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Decomposers help to recycle nutrients in the soil.
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Decomposers help to recycle trash in ecosystems.
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Decomposers help to recycle water in ecosystems.
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Detailed explanation-1: -They break apart dead organisms into simpler inorganic materials, making nutrients available to primary producers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Q. Which best describes the role of decomposers in an ecosystem? Decomposers eat consumers and pass along energy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Decomposers (Figure below) get nutrients and energy by breaking down dead organisms and animal wastes. Through this process, decomposers release nutrients, such as carbon and nitrogen, back into the environment. These nutrients are recycled back into the ecosystem so that the producers can use them.
Detailed explanation-4: -They are called scavengers. They help break down or reduce organic material into smaller pieces. These smaller pieces are then eaten by decomposers. Decomposers eat dead materials and break them down into chemical parts.
Detailed explanation-5: -Decomposers are made up of the FBI (fungi, bacteria and invertebrates-worms and insects). They are all living things that get energy by eating dead animals and plants and breaking down wastes of other animals.