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Energy Flow in Ecosystems

Question 6 • Environmental Science A

Check the items you included.

Answer
A
They recycle nutrients back to the soil.
B
They break down and remove dead and decaying organisms.

Explanation

Decomposers, such as fungi and bacteria, break down dead and decaying organisms. This process returns nutrients to the soil, where plants and other organisms can use them again. So both statements describe what decomposers do.

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