There are two primary methods by which living organisms can and do break down rocks. The first is mechanical, which is commonly seen as a tree grows and spreads its roots. The tree roots burrow into the ground and into a crack in the rock, and as the root grows and widens, it forces the crack in the rock to increase. Eventually this results in the crack splitting the rock into two or more pieces.
The other method is chemical. There are many organisms that secrete a variety of acidic and basic compounds, either as wastes or as a defense mechanism. Rocks are susceptible to dissolution or destruction from these chemicals.
Autotrophs (all plants and some bacteria) can make food for itself and in the food chain autotrophs are known as producers which are always plants
Living things break down food to "absorb" nutrients in order to provide the energy required to live.
The Glycolysis process allows living organisms break down glucose
what are 3 organisms that break down dead organisms
Decomposer
There are no specific types of fungi that break down chemicals in dead organisms. Different fungi breakdown different chemicals; whus, all kinds are invovled in the breakdown of dead organisms. If you meant "what are the fungi that break down chemicals in dead organisms called", then they are called saprobes.
decomposers
Lichen are a composite of two organisms (fungus and algae) living symbiotically and they have a small amount of acid. ;p and it breaks down rocks by growing on rocks!
Lichen are a composite of two organisms (fungus and algae) living symbiotically and they have a small amount of acid. ;p and it breaks down rocks by growing on rocks!
Lichen are a composite of two organisms (fungus and algae) living symbiotically and they have a small amount of acid. ;p and it breaks down rocks by growing on rocks!
The Glycolysis process allows living organisms break down glucose
Erosion is the process when rocks and minerals r moved from one place to another. There are three types of erosion: chemical-where the rocks break down from chemical realtions biological-where the rocks are broken down by living organisms physical-where rocks brocken down physically by a living organisms and chemical reactions You will see this in canyons, hoodoos ,and all soil and rocks
when moss or lichen form on rocks these organisms break down rocks to the point it becomes soil
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
glycolysis
sunlight does not break down rocks
Decomposers? its pretty easy
Living organisms are classified into groups to be easier to name, identify, and organize.
the process is called weathering when the rocks break down