It's called humus.
That part is called humus.
mineral Organic matter (rotting plant and animal parts) air spaces and waterby moreluck
mineral Organic matter (rotting plant and animal parts) air spaces and waterby moreluck
Dead and decaying plant matter is called compost.
Snails eat whatever they can find. This can be rotting plant and animal matter, bark, flowers, mushrooms, fruit, and algae.
Compost - or humus.
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Fossil Fuels Water at a height above sea level Wind Tides Waves Plant matter Rotting waste Sunlight (as heat or photovoltaic) Animal power Geothermal
When they die, they decompose and mix with the soil.
Omnivores eat both plant and animal matter. Herbivores only eat plant matter and carnivores eat only animal matter.
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Earthworms cannot really be classed as such; they eat any biological matter they can find. It's most often rotting matter (and thus they can be classed as primarily 'detritovores') but occasionally they do eat live matter. (But don't worry, only small things.) But they have digestive systems that can cope with plant and animal matter.
organic matter (dead plant and animal matter)