Decomposers such as plants
heterotrophs
scavengers
Decomposers consume because that's what their part of the food chain is. They are decomposers because they consume dead and decaying matter. They do not consume because they are decomposers.
Decomposers
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Worm, although it is more properly a detrivore.
Genotype. Its actual physical characteristics would be it's phenotype.
It means they consume waste and dead animals .
Decomposers are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms
Dodo birds, because they are dead, therfore unable to consume water.
Plants do not eat dead animals. In terms of the various decomposing agents that "consume" dead koalas, all of these are fungi, bacteria, protists or animals. Plants are almost exclusively autotrophic.
After decomposers consume dead organisms, the minerals in the organism's tissues are released back into the environment as nutrients. These nutrients can then be recycled and taken up by plants, starting the nutrient cycle again.