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Q: What is broken down plant and animal matter in soil?
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How are rocks and soil connected?

Soil is a mixture of broken down rock and broken down organic plant matter.


What is organic matter broken down into basic chemicals that then can be absorbed by plant roots?

It is broken down into chemicals called surlodesthat decompose and enter the ground has flakes of bacteria.


Why don't animal cells have a lysosome in them?

Animal cells have lysosomes because they need it. Plant cells don't. Lysosomes break down food in the cell. Plant cells make sugar, which doesn't need to be broken down. Hope you find this helpfull ;-)


What makes some materials biodegradable?

A material is biodegradable if it can be broken down by the biological processes. Plants, as well as animal matter are examples of something that is biodegradable, because it can be broken down and absorbed back into the environment.


How can nitrogen be broken down?

Nitrogen can be broken down my plants and the soil and from animal waste


Where inside plants does the body break down sugar to produce energy?

In plant cells, sugar is broken down to produce energy in the mitochondria, just as in animal cells.


Which of the following types of organisms break down dead plant and animal matter and return carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

decomposers


What break down dead plant and animal matter?

Bacteria and enzymes causes decomposition.


Uric acid is formed by the breakdown of?

Purines. When cells animal or plant, die and are broken down Uric acid is the chemical formed when purines have been broken down completely.


Can a element be broken down into simpler matter?

no


What breaks down animal fat in the human?

Fats are first emulsified by bile from the liver. They are then broken down chemically by lipases which catalyse their conversion to fatty acids and glycerol. The bonds being broken are the same whether the fat originated in a plant or an animal, it is only the fatty acids produced which differ.


What does decompison mean?

The natural process of dead animal or plant tissue being rotted or broken down. This process is carried out by invertebrates, fungi and bacteria.