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Decomposers are differrent from producers because producers make their own food and decomposers break down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consumes or absorbes the nutrients.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoDecomposers feed on dead material from plants and animals, and therefore get their energy from other organisms. Producers make their own food, and therefore make their own energy.
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∙ 9y agoDecomposers are bacteria and fungi break down organic matter on the chemical scale whereas scavengers consume the organic material like other hetertrophs. soo
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∙ 12y agodetritivores breaks detritus in small pieces while decompser , decopose it in simple compounds forming humus
earthwarm is detritivore
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∙ 11y agoDetrivores eat dead bodies while decomposers break and decay dead bodies .
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Are humans detritivores?
Humans are not decomposers. They are consumers.
What are some decomposers that live on land?
Some decomposers are fungi, mushrooms, and bacteria.
Are decomposers and detritivores more like a manufacturing company or a recycling company?
A recycling company. De-composers and detritivores convert waste matter back into energy.
Are snakes detritivores?
No: they are predators and scavengers, but not detritivores.
What is the difference between scavengers and decomposers?
Decomposers break down organic matter while scavengers go around eating dead animals for food. An example of a decomposer is a fungus, and an example off a scaveenger is a vulture.
Are cows decomposers?
No. Cows are herbivores, not detritivores or decomposers.
Are hermit crabs decomposers?
No, they are scavengers/detritivores but they are not decomposers, Detritivores obtain nutrients from consuming decomposing animal and plant material in addition to feces.
What are organisms that break down waste and dead organisms called?
Organisms called decomposers or detritivores.
Are humans detritivores?
Humans are not decomposers. They are consumers.
What are some decomposers that live on land?
Some decomposers are fungi, mushrooms, and bacteria.
What is the difference between macro and micro decomposers?
The difference between macro and micro decomposers is micro decomposers can't be seen by the naked eye while macro decomposers are big enough so they can be seen.
Detritivores are found in what group of eukaryotes?
Detritivores are found in the decomposers group of eukaryotes. They usually feed on dead decaying organisms and they include worms, millipedes and fungi.
Are decomposers and detritivores more like a manufacturing company or a recycling company?
A recycling company. De-composers and detritivores convert waste matter back into energy.
What feed on dead plant and animal remains?
Detritivores feed on dead plant and animal remains.
Are detritivores producers or consumers?
HERBIVORE
Is earthworm a decomposer?
No. Earthworms are not decomposers. Since they have to consumer and internally digest the material, they are classified as detritivores.
Organisms that feed on dead organisms for nutrients are called?
Decomposers_____________________OK...decomposers is correct, but a better term would be saprophytes.Saprophytes (or detritivores) are organisms that obtain nutrients from dead organic matter and thus assist in it's decomposition.
