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Q: To cause the remains of animal or plant life to decay?
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What causes the remains of an animal or plant to decay?

fungi and animals


What feed on dead plant and animal remains?

Detritivores feed on dead plant and animal remains.


What is the organism that causes the decay of dead plant and animal matter?

The term for an organism that causes decay is decomposers, such as bacteria and fungi. they chemically break down organic matter for food. the decay caused by the decomposers is part of a process that produces detritus, small pieces of dead and decaying plant/animal remains.


What has to happen for a fossil to form?

for the animal or plant to decay


Oil and coal are?

Oil is a concentrated by-product from the decay of ancient plant and animal remains on the ocean floor and is considered a natural resource but not a mineral. Coal deposits are composed of the remains of mostly plant life that has undergone sedimentation and lithification. It is not considered a mineral, but a sedimentary rock.


Are oil and coal minerals?

Oil is a concentrated by-product from the decay of ancient plant and animal remains on the ocean floor and is considered a natural resource but not a mineral. Coal deposits are composed of the remains of mostly plant life that has undergone sedimentation and lithification. It is not considered a mineral, but a sedimentary rock.


What are the fosslis?

The remains of an animal. -------------------------- Fossils are the remains of a dead plant or animal that have been preserved for a long time.


Is the remains or imprint of a prehistoric plant or animal?

fossil


Coal forms from plant remains that are buried before they decay and are then compacted into matter that is composed mainly of .?

Carbon


Which organisms feed on decomposing plant and animal remains?

detritivores


What is the process that cause changes in plant an animal cells?

Mutations cause changes in plant an animal cells.


What happens to the oxygen in a eutrophic lake?

it decreases due to decay of plant and animal material