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What feed on dead plant and animal remains?

Detritivores feed on dead plant and animal remains.


What are the fosslis?

The remains of an animal. -------------------------- Fossils are the remains of a dead plant or animal that have been preserved for a long time.


What happens to the carbon in plants and animal's when the die?

the carbon gets passed along to another animal who eats the human or animal same with humans if the human eats an animal they get carbon. The carbon is and remains part of the organic matter making up the plant or animal. When eaten by another animal, it becomes part of the other animal. Otherwise the material remains on the ground where it remains and is consumed/processed by insects, mold, and bacteria and it becomes part of the insects/mold/bacteria until it dies. What is eventually left on the ground becomes part of the soil which nurtures growing plants, animals, and then the cycle repeats and continues.


Is the remains or imprint of a prehistoric plant or animal?

fossil


What happens to the plants and animals carbon when they die?

the carbon gets passed along to another animal who eats the human or animal same with humans if the human eats an animal they get carbon. The carbon is and remains part of the organic matter making up the plant or animal. When eaten by another animal, it becomes part of the other animal. Otherwise the material remains on the ground where it remains and is consumed/processed by insects, mold, and bacteria and it becomes part of the insects/mold/bacteria until it dies. What is eventually left on the ground becomes part of the soil which nurtures growing plants, animals, and then the cycle repeats and continues.


Which organisms feed on decomposing plant and animal remains?

detritivores


What type of plant is made of rotting vegetables?

Dead and decaying plant matter is called compost.


What is a consumer that feeds on plant and animal remains and dead matter?

A scavenger eats the remains of dead animals.


What causes the remains of an animal or plant to decay?

fungi and animals


What are organisms that brake down animal and plant remains?

maggots and worms


What is the rocky remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago?

a fossil


What type of heterotrophs feed on dead plant and animal remains?

Detrivores.