Decomposer

What is the role of a decomposer in an ecosystem

• To capture energy of sunlight for plants to make food

• produce oxygen for plants and animals

• break down dead organisms and their wastes

• transport nutrients and other materials among organisms

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Which organisms are examples of decomposers

• Rabbit

• Lions

• Fungi

• Trees

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Bacteria have no way to store excess food, so in order to stay active, they

• store excess food as sugar like animals do

• stay close to fungi and get energy from them

• remain in sunny areas so they can make their own food

• live in places where they can be surrounded by food sources

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When a decomposer dies, its once-living material becomes waste. These wastes are then

• converted into energy that can be used

• transformed into bacteria that fungi can eat

• further decomposed by producers and consumers

• released into the air, soil, and water or an ecosystem

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Compost takes advantage of natural processes to

• increase the temperature on Earth

• help return matter to their ecosystem

• provide animals with clean drinking water

• release harmful metals into the environment

• release harmful metals from the environment

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