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Decomposers break down dead or once living organisms. Without decomposers, the earth would be littered with the bodies of dead animals, plants, and other organisms

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Why are decomposers called decomposers?

To decompose means to break down. Decomposers break down organic materials.


Who or what is responsible for this cleanup?

Decomposers do this important job for an environment. Decomposers break down organisms that are no longer living. They break them down into nutrients that can be used again by new plants.


How do decomposers affect oxygen?

Decomposers are organisms that break down dead or decaying material. They affect oxygen levels by depleting them since they need oxygen to break down material.


Decomposers break down dead organisms and produce?

Decomposers break down dead organisms which produce carbon dioxide and nutrients. These nutrients are then used by other organisms such as plants.


What are organisms that break down waste and dead organisms called?

Organisms that break down waste and dead organisms are called decomposers. They play a crucial role in the ecosystem by breaking down organic matter into simpler nutrients that can be recycled by other organisms. Examples of decomposers include bacteria, fungi, and certain insects.


What are organisms that break down dead organic matter in order to absorb the nutrient molecules?

Decomposers :)


What organisms that break down organisms to get enrergy?

Decomposers (bacteria)


What are organisms that break down organisms to get enrergy?

Decomposers (bacteria)


What are organisms that break down waste and dead organisms?

decomposers


When decomposers break down the molecules in dead organisms?

carbon


What eats or break down dead things?

detrivores


What break down essential nutrients and return the to the soil?

Decomposers