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From what I've learned, some microbes will spit on it and then the spit will break it down. After that's done they suck it up
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How does sterile soil prevent decomposition?
There are no microbes present to break down organic matter
What group of microbes break down dead plants and animals and animal waste?
Decomposers
How do microbes help in sewage treatment?
Microorganisms play an important role in waste treatment. They break down the waste, they also create energy out of it.
What are the advantages and disadvantage of microbes?
There are good microbes in your intestines that help you digest food. There are also good microbes in the soil that break down dead plants and other waste, producing nutrients for the next generation of plants. Bad microbes would be the ones that make you sick, such as an infected cut, pneumonia, tuberculosis, etc.
Orginsms that break down wastes and dead orginsms and return the raw materials to the envronment?
Organisms that break down waste products and dead organisms and return raw material back to the environment are called microbes. Microbes are very important part of our ecosystem. Some fertilizers are unfortunately killing the microbes that actually help our environment. Steps should be taken to minimize use of such chemicals as much as possible.
What is the relationship between bod and do?
BOD (biological oxygen demand) is a measure of the amount of oxygen needed bymicrobes to break down the organic matter in a sample of water. DO (dissolved oxygen) is the amount of oxygen dissolved in the water. When BOD is high, it means there's a lot of organic contaminants in the water, and the microbes are working overtime to break it down. They use up oxygen while doing this, so when BOD is high, DO is low. When the microbes finish breaking down the organic contaminants, their numbers drop from lack of food (a lower BOD). DO usually goes back up again
Is dried hard corn a good feed for a cow?
It is if it's processed enough that the microbes in the cow's rumen can break it down and digest it. It would be a waste of money to feed if it's fed whole/unprocessed and not much nutrient can be gleaned from it by either the microbes or the cow.
How do bacteria keep the world free from waste?
The bacteria consumes or eats all of the wastes, that is how it lives.
What are microbes good for?
Digesting cellulosebreaking down organic mattermaking nutrients available to plants in soil.
Decomposers could be called a special kind of consumer Explain why this is true?
Earthworms and bacteria are decomposers, they help waste organic material break down. They use the waste material as food and produces as much waste as they "eat".
Is organic waste recycled?
If by Organic Waste you mean vegetables and other food and or plants, technically, yes. The earth has a natural cycle of recycling and leaving you waste meaning rotten vegetables or plants that were once living, they will eventually break down. With help from the elements,including wind, water, and other things too, like sunlight.
Why are decomposers called decomposers?
To decompose means to break down. Decomposers break down organic materials.
