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When dead plants and animals decompose what happens to the matter that it made of?
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When they die, they decompose and mix with the soil.
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How are plants and animals interrelated by their food needs?
Animals eat plants. When animals die, they decompose, fertilizing the soil and providing the necessary nutrients for plant growth.
What occurs in plants and animals?
Cellular respiration happens in both. Photosynthesis happens in plants only.
What are plants. they eat dead and decaying plants and animals?
It is called organic matter
What happens to the dead bodies of plants and animal in an ecosystem?
They become food for other organisms, they decompose and ultimately the become part of the soil
Plants and fungi that thrive on dead tissues of plants and animals?
The Eumycota are fungi that thrive on the dead tissues of plants and animals. They get their nutrients from decomposed matter and store them as energy.
What happens to dead plants and animal after some times?
Dead animals and plants decompose after some time
When plants and animals die they do this it means to brake down into bits what is it?
When plants and animals die, they decompose (so do humans). All matter especially carbon matter decomposes. Decomposition frees nutrients for other plants, animals, and insects. Dying is nature's great recycler of matter, nutrients, and energy.
What happens to dead plants and animals in the soil?
Dead plants and animals in the soil decompose, leaving the nutrients in the soil so that new plants can be nourished and grow, thus maintaining the cycle of life.
Why the poop's of cow decompose?
Because it is made up of organic matter which, like all organic matter that comes from plants and animals on this earth, is broken down and returned to the soil as nutrients for plants to grow on and, subsequently, animals to feed on.
Why aren't there bodies of dead animals and plants littering the woods and fields you walk through?
they decompose They decompose when they are eaten away by small organisms that eat dead organism matter.
What do dead plants and animals become when they die?
they decompose
When they die plants and animals do this. It means to breat down into bits. What is it?
Dead animals and plants decompose when they die.
How are animals dependent on plants?
Animals drop feces and urine on the ground, which decompose into organic matter. Animals also die and decompose back into the earth as organic matter. This organic matter is essentially the fertilizer that helps plants grow. This natural fertilizer also contains more nutrients than what plants can get from their own dead matter.
Where would fungi and insects fit into the nutrient cycle?
Fungi breaks down larger inorganic matter. As a result, the matter gets recycled back into the earth and can get absorbed by plants and animals.
What are the tiny organisms that cause dead plants and animals to decompose?
bacteria
Microorganisms affect the quality of soil by?
They decompose dead plants and animals and nutrients to plants and the soil
Why is soil important to plant and animals?
The soil is important for plants and animals because it helps to decompose.
