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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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How are dead plants and animals broken down into other living organisms?
Living beings those who derived their nutrition through saprophytic way, known as decomposers get their food by breaking down dead matter into simpler chemicles. Example- Algae, bacterias and some plants like mushrooms.
What are decomposers and detritivores?
Well, that is kinda hard to explain. Because, a prey can be a predator, and a predator can be a prey. That is because of food chains. For an example, a small fish might eat a plankton, and a squid might eat the fish, and a octopus might eat the squid, and a shark would eat the octopus, and a fishermen might kill and eat the shark. The small fish was a predator that ate the plankton, but then the fish became a prey, because the squid ate it. It is impossible for a animal to be JUST a prey/predator unless they don't eat animals.
No, mackerel are not decomposers; they are carnivorous fish that primarily feed on smaller fish and zooplankton. Decomposers are organisms like bacteria and fungi that break down dead organic matter, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem. Mackerel play a role in the food web as predators, rather than as decomposers.
What kind of decomposers live in a woodland biome?
The type of decomposers that live in a woodland biome would be mushrooms, fungi, and moss. All of these organisms normally can be found on the sides of trees or in moist soil.
How do decomposers obtain their carbon?
Decomposers, when they break down dead organic matter, release carbon dioxide into the air also. Decomposers are essential because without them, all of the carbon on the planet would eventually become locked up in dead carcasses and other trash. Decay permits carbon to be released back into the food web. Carbon is also stored in fossil fuels, such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas.
What is producers and decomposers?
Producers are organisms that make their own food using sunlight (photosynthesis) consumers are organisms that eat producers or other consumers and decomposers are organisms that return the dead organisms to their primary components such as oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide
No, a Turkey Vulture feeds on dead animals not decaying matter. Hope this helps!
How long does it take for a bat to decompose?
About as long as it takes for any small mammal to decompose. But this depends significantly on the condition of the body (e.g. have scavengers gone over it) and the environmental conditions (e.g. humidity, temperature, insects) around the body.
What does decomposer help with?
De composers make nitrates and other minerals from the plants and animals they decomposed, and this helps the animals live longer. The nitrates and other minerals are very nutritious.
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Which decomposers are key decomposers in the soil?
The FOUR soil decomposers are..
-Bacteria
-Worms
-Organisms
-Fungi
What kind of decomposers live in the seashore?
Sea animals the main sea animals that are decomposers are crabs and shrimp. Both crabs and shrimp comb the sea floor in search of things to eat.
What is the role of-- decomposers in the environment?
They process dead matter down to the simpler substances that plants can use to synthesize fresh, new life. and if they were not living our earth would be filled with dead plants and animals and the jungles and every thing would stink
What is decomposer or Detritus?
Detritus means any rock fragments or disintegrated material that has been broken or worn away from a larger mass. This breaking away may occur by accident or by erosion, through wind, water or glacial ice.
