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Only in the short run, for most floating things eventually become waterlogged and sink. This is how most of our coal was formed.
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What is the name of the dark decaying matter is soil?
Humus
Why is topsoil dark in color?
Because the living matter is decaying
Why is the body of water plants covered with mucilage?
to protect it from decaying from the water
What happens when Waste thrown into bodies of water kills fish because the decaying waste?
The decomposing matter uses up the oxygen in the water, thus depriving any fish nearby of the air they need to live.
What is loam?
Loam is a rich soil, containing sand, clay and decaying organic matter
What thrives on dead or decaying matter in water?
Oomycetes
Where do decaying matter go?
Decaying matter normally goes to the ground but can be used as fertalizer. Sometimes marshy water, (I think it was something like that) is made up of decaying animals of plants.
Where the decaying matter usually go?
Decaying matter normally goes to the ground but can be used as fertalizer. Sometimes marshy water, (I think it was something like that) is made up of decaying animals of plants.
What does decaying matter in water bodies cause?
Decaying matter is natural in a body of water, it is natural in any environment. However a large amount of decaying matter in a body of water could lead to a dead zone. This is because if there is a disruption in the food web of that body of water it could kill many organisms. If many animals die, the decaying takes more oxygen out of the water than can be replaced and you are left with a body of water that has no oxygen called a dead zone.
The funguslike protists that thrive on dead or decaying organic matter in water are?
water molds
Which is a substance act as a buffer in natural water?
Decaying plant matter
An oomycete that thrives on dead or decaying organic matter?
water mold
Where do the decaying matter usually go?
Decaying matter normally goes to the ground but can be used as fertalizer. Sometimes marshy water, (I think it was something like that) is made up of decaying animals of plants.
Which substance acts a a buffer in natural water?
Decaying Plant Matter: APEX
What is a dead and decaying fish?
It's a fish that doesn't move or function and it floats. They are poisonous so don't touch them or you'll die. If it's decaying that means that the fish scales are falling off and being absorbed by the water which would make the water toxic.
What does fresh water hoglouse eat?
They feed on decaying matter. (ie- plants and animals)
Where do the decaying matter ussually go?
`Decaying matter normally goes to the ground but can be used as fertilizer.
