ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
Question
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carnivore
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herbivore
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carnivore
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decomposer
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Detailed explanation-1: -One group of organisms that is missing are the producers, plants and other photosynthetic organisms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Solution : Herbivores are the missing organisms in given food chain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Decomposers and detritivores help in recycling the waste material that are fungi, bacteria, earthworms, and flies, etc. Algae do not come under the group of decomposers instead they are categorized under the first producers. The primary producers are those that make their own food thus are called autotrophs.
Detailed explanation-4: -Without decomposers, dead leaves, dead insects, and dead animals would pile up everywhere. Imagine what the world would look like! More importantly, decomposers make vital nutrients available to an ecosystem’s primary producers-usually plants and algae.
Detailed explanation-5: -The decomposers complete the cycle by returning essential molecules to the plant producers. Decomposers (fungi, bacteria, invertebrates such as worms and insects) have the ability to break down dead organisms into smaller particles and create new compounds.