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Q: What is an example of a decomposer and explain what would happen if decomposers were absent from a forest ecosystem?
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Explain the differences between a producer consumer decomposer?

Producers are eaten (consumed) by consumers, when either of them die , they are consumed by decomposers.


What descirbes both a food chain and food web?

Explain how producers consumers and decomposers all have an ecosystem support the population within it


How do you pretend you are a decomposer and write an essay about it?

Write sentences the way you speak - just pretend you are telling this to a friend, and write down what you would say. What would you tell them about this topic? Look up some facts about decomposers! How do you explain decomposers to your friend? What would you do if you were a decomposer? If you just start writing, you will be through with your assignment before you know it!


Why is a rotting log considered an example of an ecosystem?

Can a fallen log be considered an ecosystem? Explain your answer.


Predict how an ecosystem would respond if either its producers or its detrivores and decomposers were removed Be sure to explain your reasoning?

If the producers were removed then there would be no beginning to the food chain and the complete ecosystem would die off. If the detrivores and decomposers were removed there would be no organic nutrients and all the dead plants would ruin the animals habitat.The ecosystem will be fill by plants and animal wastes as there will be no decompositon of waste material. .


Explain what a decomposer is?

A decomposer an organsim that eats dead organsims and animal waste. ( animal poop )


How do decomposers connect both ends of a food chain?

Decomposers (fungi and bacteria), help to break down dead plant and animal materials, in so doing they release the nutrients stored in chemical bonds back to the soil where they can be utilised by plants


Explain how fungi and bacteria are some decomposers in a desert?

Fungi and bacteria work by recycling dead organisms and putting their nutrients back in to the soil in the desert. They feed on the dead organism and help to keep the ecosystem balanced.


Racheal in a swamp she sees ponds small snails fungi and some fish explain how what rachel sees helps tell the story of how the organisms connect and how they help the swamp ecosystem thrive?

Because Fungi and snails are decomposers, without the decomposers the swamp would be all dead plants, and animals. Without plants the fish and other swamp animals would die. The decomposers break down dead things and put them back into the earth, the fish consume the plants and small insects that feed off of other plants that need decomposers to survive which makes the ecosystem thrive!


Explain metabolism and size of individuals of ecosystem?

metabolism and size of individual in an ecosystem


Explain and give an example of what is meant by the statement Climate has an important influence on the type of ecosystem found in an area.?

it means you should stop cheating


Could you give an example of an ecosystem and explain how it is self-supporting?

a example of a ecosystem is a tropical forest and it is self supporting because the rain forest gas sunlight produce food from a process known as photosynthesis and then the animals eat the food which at one point be eaten by other animals.