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Decomposers
This category covers questions about decomposers, organisms that break down other dead or decaying organisms to obtain energy for growth and development. Decomposers are formally known as saprotrophs.
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some slugs,ants,pigs,other insects, bacteria, some animals that live in the forest,some other fungi, and us!
Is a snake a decomposer or a producer or consumer?
Snakes are neither green like plants which are producers, nor are they microscopic like bacteria nor tiny like maggots so they are not decomposers. That leaves consumers.
What organism decompose the dead complex organic matter?
Micro organisms . Basically bacteria and fungi .
Is there a website with nutritional information for Whole Foods Market prepared foods?
There isn't anything online, but all Whole Foods stores keep the nutritional information available to the kitchen team. If you call them, you can ask for info about a specific prepared food item, and I'm sure they will put it together for you. Probably won't be able to get it just by walking up and asking, though...I don't think the prepared food sales staff keeps it behind the counter.
What is a snake a producer or carnivore or herbivore or omnivore or scavenger or decomposer?
A snake is a carnivore
How does heat speed up decomposition?
Decomposition involves chemical reactions and as a rough approximation, for many chemical reactions happening at around room temperature, the rate of reaction doubles for every 10°C rise in temperature.
The reason for this is that for chemical reactions to happen, at the smallest scale, the individual chemical molecules have to bump into one another. As molecules warm up they begin to vibrate more and the chances of them bumping in to one another increases - the more bumps that happen, the faster the reactions go.
Spirogyra are decomposers which breakdown dead organic matter. This is green algae which used conjugation as the method of reproduction.
Yes! An organism (soil,bacterium,fungus,or invertebrate),that decomposes organic material
What is a living thing that breaks down dead plants or animals for food called?
A living thing that breaks down dead animals and plants for food is called a decomposer.
Does lighting cause mushrooms to grow?
Actually, yes.
Exactly 'how' mushrooms derive energy from light remains unknown and under study, but the fact remains that most mushrooms require light to form and grow properly.
Mushrooms are not plants, so discussion of chlorophyll and photosynthesis is not applicable to fungi. Mushrooms do however require light to fully develop, and mushrooms grown in the presence of proper lighting grow larger and have a higher finished weight than mushrooms grown with insufficient lighting. More information on the lighting requirements of mushrooms can be found at http://www.mushroomvideos.com/Terrarium-Tek#lighting.
Marc R Keith
Owner and operator, Mountain Mushrooms and Honeybee Farm
Author: Let's Grow Mushrooms, 2 DVD instructional video set.
As the cells die, bacteria within the body begin breaking them down. Enzymes in the pancreas cause the organ to digest itself. The body soon takes on a gruesome appearance and smell. Decomposing tissue emits a green substance, as well as gasses such as methane and hydrogen sulfide.
Are sea coral producers decomposers or consumers?
Corals are both producers (they have symbiotic plants living in them) and consumers (herbivores/carnivores) as they filter feed on plankton.
Are people carnivors omnivors herbivores scavengers or decomposers?
People are omnivores because they both eat plants and animals which then they are both carnivores and herbivores.
