decomposers
oxygen, moisture, absence of sunlight, heat
soils maintain their fertility
Decay is helpful mainly because it prevents the ecosystem from getting cluttered up with dead matter, and because decaying matter provides an environment for the development of living organisms.
No. Coal is dead matter, the outcome of long periods of high pressure and temperature following death and decay of living organisms (normally plant matter). The organisms had DNA when they were alive, but the molecules have long since decomposed and converted to other chemicals and structures.
The gases generated and released during the process of decay do.
Organic matter (or organic material) is matter that has come from a once-living organism; is capable of decay, or the product of decay; or is composed of organic compounds. The definition of organic matter varies upon the subject it is being used for.
decompose
bacteria and fungi
water
The same thing occurs to all fish and living things when they die, indifferent of the type of material that they are living inside of; they decay and turn into organic matter.
The term for an organism that causes decay is decomposers, such as bacteria and fungi. they chemically break down organic matter for food. the decay caused by the decomposers is part of a process that produces detritus, small pieces of dead and decaying plant/animal remains.
Organic comes from the decay of the once living while fresh is not yet rotten.
it is an organic matter of plants which were decay and decompose after their termination
Decay refers to the decomposition of dead organic matter into simpler chemical compounds. It is caused by microorganisms called saprophytes, which break down the organic matter into tiny particles, which they then absorb.
Ammonium; nitrates; nitrites
I think its called a decomposer.
Decay is caused by insects and microscopic organisms breaking organic matter down as a part of their feeding process. When it is too cold for these things to function, then they can't cause decay.