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How do plants and animals causes biological weatering?
when plants and animals break/ decay there release chemicals from there bodies which breaks down rocks also the roots of plants sometime penetrate through the rock causing it to crack
Why do plants decay?
when plants die, they go through decomposition. types of decomposers are fungi and bacteria. they help to break dead plants into simpler substances like carbon dioxide, water and mineral salts. that is why plants decay.
What do dead plants do to the soil when they decay?
They will give the soil nutrients and help your other plant grow
Why is decay important in an ecosystem?
Decay is important because it becomes fertilizer for the trees and other plants.
What is primarily releases in a radioactive decay?
plants and animals die and then decay to release carbon compound in then
Radioactive dating of fossils depends on the decay of what?
plants
What happens to plants shortly after they die?
They Start to Decay
What decay plants add to new soil?
nutrients
Does topsoil become richer as dead plants decay?
yes
What do fossil records tell us about seedless plants?
Plants usually decay before they form into a fossils.
What happened to the plants and animals after they died?
They stay on the ground and eventually decay.
What do fossil records show us about some seedless plants?
Plants usually decay before they form into a fossil
