OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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What do decomposers do?
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Break down dead plants and animals.
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Recycle nutrients.
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All of the above.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Decomposers play a critical role in the flow of energy through an ecosystem. They break apart dead organisms into simpler inorganic materials, making nutrients available to primary producers.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The micro-organisms that decompose/ convert the dead remains of plants and animals to humus are called decomposers. The two common examples of decomposers are bacteria and fungi.
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