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What is an organism that feeds on the wastes or remains of living things?
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∙ 11y ago
Organisms that live off the wastes and remains of other organisms are called scavengers. These scavengers include crows, and turkey vultures.
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Why isn't a feather an organism?
An organism is a living thing. It takes nutrients from its surrounding and produces wastes (metabolism). A feather cannot do this. It also can not reproduce itself. These are two main characteristics of an organism.
All living things get rid of what?
They must get rid of the wastes they produce. This is called excretion.
What are some biotic factors of a community?
biotic components are the living things that shape an ecosystem. they are in entirety, any living component that affects another organism. biotic components are the living components of an organism's environment, such as predators and prey. biotic would include organisms, their presence, parts, interaction, and wastes. factors such as parasitism, disease, and predation (one animal eating another) would also be classified as biotic factors.
Name all the characterisitics of living things?
living things have cells inside of them, reproduce, repair themselves, grow, breathe, have energy, respond to the enviroment, have a life span and produce wastes.
What organism has specialized organs for the excretion of mebolic wastes?
earthworm
Which number represents a group of organism that break down the wastes and remains of other organisms?
producer
What is a living things?
A living thing is called an organism. An organism is made up of cells. Plants, humans, and animals are living things, Things such as rocks or toys, are not living. A living thing needs to take in energy and give off unneeded substances as wastes. All organisms known on Earth have DNA, or codes determining how this organism would live. Living things can generally be defined as things that reproduce, react to the environment, and go through natural selection.
How are substances use by living things returned to the non living things environment?
Through decay when living things die, and through their wastes.
The removal of wastes produced by living things is called what?
excretion
What do all living things break down?
all living things break down wastes and threads in the earth
What Living things were different from non living?
Do you mean how are living things different from non-living? If yes, living things have cells, give off wastes, and some other stuff.
Why isn't a feather an organism?
An organism is a living thing. It takes nutrients from its surrounding and produces wastes (metabolism). A feather cannot do this. It also can not reproduce itself. These are two main characteristics of an organism.
What breaks down remains and wastes?
There is something called a decomposer. It breaks down the remains or wastes of something.
Is feces posionous?
Yes, because it is wastes from living things that can cause amoeba.
Do plankton dump their toxic waste?
All living organism produce wastes. Humans do as well. Plankton dump theirs into the water.
All living things get rid of what?
They must get rid of the wastes they produce. This is called excretion.
Does a panther defecate?
Yes all living things have to remove bodily wastes at some point
