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What is contained in soil?
Soil is composed of weathered rock and dead/decaying organic material called humus.
What organic material is in soil?
This organic material is made up of living organisms such as plants and animals, dead plants and animals, and nutrients that have come from decomposed plants and animals.
What is decaying organic matter in soil called?
it is called humus but don't get this confused with the humus you eat they are two different things, one is made up of dead things the other is a spread for stuff like crackers or bread
What does parent material refer to?
Soils are a mixture of different things; rocks, minerals, and dead, decaying plants and animals. Soil can be very different from one location to another, but generally consists of organic and inorganic materials, water and air.Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/J003195F/soil1.htm
What is the organic constituent of soil called?
Humus is what the organic constituent of soil is called. It's dark brown, fresh smelling, nutrient rich organic matter. It's formed from the break down of dead and decaying animal and plant matter, and from animal waste products, in the soil.
Organisms that break down dead and decaying material are called composers?
They are called parasites
What is contained in soil?
Soil is composed of weathered rock and dead/decaying organic material called humus.
What is another word for dead or decaying organic material?
Rotting
What gets their food from breaking down dead material?
Fungus is the organism that feed on dead an decaying matter.Animals that feed on dead remains are called Scavengers eg Crow,Vulture.
Does fungi feed off dead animals and decaying material?
Yes
What is a saprotroph?
A pathogen that can exist on dead or decaying material in the absence of the host.
What is dead and decaying flesh called starting with car?
Carrion.
what is saprophyte?
The official definition for the word saprophyte is "a plant, fungus, or microorganism that lives on dead or decaying organic matter."
Why do flies lay eggs in mamure or garbage?
So that the maggots can hatch out and eat the dead or decaying material.
What are fungi called that that break down dead and decaying tissues?
'decomposers'
What does a decaying dead body look like?
A decaying dead body
What is the young fly's name?
The name of a young fly is called a maggot. They are able to eat prodigious amounts of decaying material. They are actually a great benefit to the removal of dead organisms.
