NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Decomposers can also be described as absorbers. A crab eating a dead fish is an example of a decomposer. A blue green fungus on a slice of old bread is an example of a detritivore . A fly maggot in a piece of meat is an example of a detritivore.

Detailed explanation-2: -decomposer. noun. organism that breaks down dead organic material; also sometimes referred to as detritivores.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The statement Decomposers are herbivores is not correct. A decomposer is an organism that decomposes or breaks down, organic material such as the remains of dead organisms. Hence, they are not herbivores.

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.