ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
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Question
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an organism that eats only plants
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an organism that makes its own food
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an organism that breaks down dead matter
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an organism that receives energy from the sun
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Detailed explanation-1: -fungi. plural noun. (singular: fungus) organisms that survive by decomposing and absorbing nutrients in organic material such as soil or dead organisms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Decomposers (fungi, bacteria, invertebrates such as worms and insects) have the ability to break down dead organisms into smaller particles and create new compounds.
Detailed explanation-3: -A decomposer is an organism that decomposes, or breaks down, organic material such as the remains of dead organisms. Decomposers include bacteria and fungi. These organisms carry out the process of decomposition, which all living organisms undergo after death.
Detailed explanation-4: -Q. Which best describes the role of decomposers in an ecosystem? Decomposers eat consumers and pass along energy.
Detailed explanation-5: -Decomposers and scavengers break down dead plants and animals. They also break down the waste (poop) of other organisms. Decomposers are very important for any ecosystem. If they weren’t in the ecosystem, the plants would not get essential nutrients, and dead matter and waste would pile up.