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Decomposers break down dead organisms which produce carbon dioxide and nutrients. These nutrients are then used by other organisms such as plants.
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Why are decomposers necessary for the continuation of life on Earth?
Decomposers are necessary for the continuation of life on earth because decomposers break down dead organisms and give the nutrients back to the plants so they can continue to grow, which provides food herbivores, which feeds the carnivores, and so on.
Does an earthworm decompose?
the same way any other organism does; it is consumed and therefore recycled by other decomposers when it dies. Earthworms are considered decomposers because they eat rotting or dead organisms and they essentially excrete the chemical nutrients that enrich soil so that plants can grow.
Other animals in the earthworm group?
Earthworms areactually part of the decomposer's group along with fungi and microorganisms that break down other dead organisms.
What are decaying organisms in the soil?
All living things use reduction reactions in some form, even plants whose main contribution to the food chain is the formation of simple carbohydrates. When sunlight is not available for photosynthesis, plants metabolize (oxidize) these products for energy.
Is a earthworm an omnivore?
An earthworm is a decomposer, meaning they break down dead organisms into smaller subtances.A scavenger only eats dead animals.
When decomposers break down dead organisms they produce what that can enrich the soil?
carbon dioxide and water
What are organisms that break down waste and dead organisms called?
Organisms called decomposers or detritivores.
What are organisms that break down waste and dead organisms?
decomposers
Organisms that break down complex compounds and dead tissue?
Decomposers
What are organisms that break down dead organic matter in order to absorb the nutrient molecules?
Decomposers :)
What and what consume organisms?
Decomposers are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms
What organisms that breakdown waste and dead organisms?
Organisms that break down waste and dead organisms are called decomposers.
What is organisms such as fungi that break down and absorb nutrients from dead organisms?
Decomposers :)
When decomposers break down the molecules in dead organisms?
carbon
What do decomposer's break down?
Decomposers break down dead or once living organisms. Without decomposers, the earth would be littered with the bodies of dead animals, plants, and other organisms
What are three organisms the break down dead organisms?
what are 3 organisms that break down dead organisms
Which type of fungi break down chemicals in dead organisms?
decomposers
