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What do you call the organisms that act on dead plants and animals?
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∙ 9y ago
An organism that creates energy from the organic matter of dead plants or animals is called a decomposer. Most bacteria and fungi are decomposers.
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∙ 9y agoA decomposer is an organism in an ecosystem that breaks down dead or decaying plants and animals. Animals that only eat other animals are called carnivores.
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What type of organisms breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals?
decomposes break down the remains of dead plants and animals.
Tiny plants and animals that break down dead materials into nutrients?
Tiny plants and animals that break down dead materials into nutrients are call DECOMPOSERS
What organisms get its energy by eating dead plants and animal?
There are many organisms that feed on carcasses of plants and animals. Jackals and Vultures and among them. There are also organisms called decomposers which break down the dead carcasses for nutrients.
What do you call a animal that feeds on dead bodies of plants and animals?
animals that feed on bodies of dead animals are called scavengers some examples areHyenasvulturesracoonsWedge-tailed EagleDingo JackalCrowShark (there are many)CrabsMaggots (Fly Larvae)GoannasFlathead(a fish in Australia)Heksia (found in Africa)hope that answered your question
What are plant and animal remains and other dead matter collectively called?
Detritus Detritus. It's what the decomposers feed on/eat.
Which organisms that rot dead plants and animals?
for meh the plants
What type of organisms breaks down the remains of dead animals and plants?
decomposes break down the remains of dead plants and animals.
What are fossills fuels formed from?
Dead Organisms Are Compressed By Dirt or Remains Of Dead Animals.
What are the tiny organisms that cause dead plants and animals to decompose?
bacteria
What is the role of-- decomposers in the environment?
They process dead matter down to the simpler substances that plants can use to synthesize fresh, new life. and if they were not living our earth would be filled with dead plants and animals and the jungles and every thing would stink
What are animals that eat dead plants or animals?
Vultures eat dead animals and that's the only animal i know.
What is the name of the organisms that lives off of dead animals?
Scavengers eat dead animals. Decomposers break down tissues of dead animals and plants.
What are the organisms that act on dead plants and animals?
Mainly bacteria, although fungus will also consume dead plants and animals, as will various types of worms, insects, and assorted scavengers.
What type of organisms breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals?
decomposes break down the remains of dead plants and animals.
What does a slug eat in the rainforest?
i think slugs eat dead organisms.. such as dead trees and plants... fruits.. dead animals... i think....
Can fungi feed on both living and non living organisms?
it can only feed at dead living things such as dead animals and plants
Tiny plants and animals that break down dead materials into nutrients?
Tiny plants and animals that break down dead materials into nutrients are call DECOMPOSERS
