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When plants and animals die and decay do they become fertillizers?
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decomposers are what breaks down dead plants and animals and cause them to decay quickly
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What is decaying plants and animal remains called?
When plants and animals (any living matter) decay, their remains are in the soil, in the material called humus.
When do animals lose nitrogen?
Animals will lose nitrogen when they die. This is whey decay and nitrogen is released as ammonia into the air.
Does the decay of plants create a major source of oxygen?
No, bacteria or insects that eat plants use oxygen and the dead plants, which contain carbon, release carbon not oxygen.
What are the characteristics of eutrophication?
Eutrophication promotes excessive plant growth and decay and causes a severe reduction in water quality. Phosphorus is a necessary nutrient for plants to live, and is the limiting factor for plant growth in many freshwater ecosystems.
What plants or animals died to form the coal?
Actually, any kind of plant/animal could have died to form coal. But not just any type of coal. Bituminous coal, to be exact. This happens when dead plant/animal's remains (though mostly plant, a small percentage of bituminous coal is from animal remains) are buried under a body of water (usually a swamp) and decay there for a while, forming a thick layer. Then it needs to be buried by a lot of 'sediments', usually mud/sand to compress the plant/animal remains into coal.
What composes the soil?
Decayed plants and animals compose the soil. When plants and animals die they decay and become part of the soil. New plants grow causing herbivores to come and eat the plants. Well you know how the cycle goes and then the dead animals and plants become part of the soil once again
What composes soil?
Decayed plants and animals compose the soil. When plants and animals die they decay and become part of the soil. New plants grow causing herbivores to come and eat the plants. Well you know how the cycle goes and then the dead animals and plants become part of the soil once again
What is primarily releases in a radioactive decay?
plants and animals die and then decay to release carbon compound in then
What do dead leaves and plants on the ground form?
They turn into the soil they become part of the ground.
Does topsoil become richer as dead plants decay?
yes
What happened to the plants and animals after they died?
They stay on the ground and eventually decay.
When they die plants and animals do this.it means to break down into bits what is it?
Decay
Microbe that causes decay or breakdown of dead plants and animals?
Fungi and bacteria.
What is least involved in the decomposition and decay of dead plants and animals?
plant roots
What element do animals and plants decay slowly and leave behind a thin film?
iron
How is decay helpful in an ecosytem?
Decay helps in the ecosystem by rotting in the gorund and turning into fertilize for the animals and it also tuns into plants trees and ext.
If plants and animals live forever what would happen to the nitrates in the earths soil?
it would decay
