Living beings those who derived their nutrition through saprophytic way, known as decomposers get their food by breaking down dead matter into simpler chemicles. Example- Algae, bacterias and some plants like mushrooms.
Well, that is kinda hard to explain. Because, a prey can be a predator, and a predator can be a prey. That is because of food chains. For an example, a small fish might eat a plankton, and a squid might eat the fish, and a octopus might eat the squid, and a shark would eat the octopus, and a fishermen might kill and eat the shark. The small fish was a predator that ate the plankton, but then the fish became a prey, because the squid ate it. It is impossible for a animal to be JUST a prey/predator unless they don't eat animals.
The type of decomposers that live in a woodland biome would be mushrooms, fungi, and moss. All of these organisms normally can be found on the sides of trees or in moist soil.
Decomposers, when they break down dead organic matter, release carbon dioxide into the air also. Decomposers are essential because without them, all of the carbon on the planet would eventually become locked up in dead carcasses and other trash. Decay permits carbon to be released back into the food web. Carbon is also stored in fossil fuels, such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas.
Producers are organisms that make their own food using sunlight (photosynthesis) consumers are organisms that eat producers or other consumers and decomposers are organisms that return the dead organisms to their primary components such as oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide
No, a Turkey Vulture feeds on dead animals not decaying matter. Hope this helps!
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About as long as it takes for any small mammal to decompose. But this depends significantly on the condition of the body (e.g. have scavengers gone over it) and the environmental conditions (e.g. humidity, temperature, insects) around the body.