Decomposers
Decomposers
Elementary School
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Ecology is the study of the homes of animals and plants. Ecologists are interested in where animals and plants live, and how they interact with each other. The 'Food Web' of living creatures can be divided into three groups:
* Producers are organisms which produce their own food through photosynthesis.
* Consumers are organisms which don't make their food, but get it from eating plants or animals.
* Decomposers are organisms which digest or breaks down living material which has died.
More About Decomposers:
Bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes are the three main types of decomposers in the environment. They break down dead organisms into nutrients, (we call this process 'rotting'), and these nutrients are then returned to the soil. If it weren't for decomposers, we'd be up to our armpits in dead things!
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