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Which term describes an organism such as a dung beetle or a cockroach that consumes decaying or dead organic material as its primary source of nutrition?
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Decomposer, scavenger or carrion-eater
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What does a cockroach nymph feed on?
they feed on decaying and old matter
The animal which consumes decaying organic matter is?
saprokyte related to my science teacher
What is sapotrophic nutrition?
The mode of nutrition in which organisms take in nutrients in solution form from dead and decaying mater is called saprotrophic mode of nutrition.
What are the saprotroph?
saprotroph derive nutrition from dead, decaying matter .example.fungi
What are nutrition materiales of zooplankton?
They feed off phytoplankton and decaying matter.
What is a dertitivore?
An organism that consumes detritus- decaying plant/ animal matter, including manure. An earthworm would be an example.
What does the Porcellio scaber eat?
The Porcellio scaber, or common woodlouse, consumes decaying plant matter such as leaves and dead wood
Is a dragonfly a first level consumer?
A cockroach is a decomposer, feeding on dead and decaying plants and animals. When the cockroach defecates it releases all of the essential nutrients from that matter therefore fertilizing the forest floors on which they can be found.
Which reason best describes why a Decaying plant is an example of a chemical change?
Because it is chemical change
What describes organisms that cannot make their own food and must feed off other living things?
An organism which cannot make its own food but instead absorb nutrition from decaying organisms is called a saprophyte. for example, fungi are saprophytic organisms.
What is the mode of nutrition in saprophytes?
saprophytic nutrition which is external.Majorly decaying matter of dead organisms is feed on.
What is an organism that cannot make its own food but instead absorbs food from decaying organisms?
An organism which cannot make its own food but instead absorb nutrition from decaying organisms is called a saprophyte. for example, fungi are saprophytic organisms.
