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How are decomposer and consumers alike?

Updated: 9/21/2021
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They all take in energy.

All diagrammed as a food chain.

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Both decomposers and consumers gain energy by consuming organic matter. A decomposer, however, only includes organisms that consume dead organisms, while consumers may consume any organisms, dead or alive. Decomposers are counted as consumers, but not all consumers are decomposers.

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