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The Vital Role of Decomposers in Ecosystems

Learn about decomposers, organisms that recycle dead plant and material to sustain life in the ecosystem. Discover how decomposers break down material and release essential elements back into the environment. Explore their significance in pond and forest ecosystems.

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The Vital Role of Decomposers in Ecosystems

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  1. The Role of Decomposers in the Ecosystem Science 8 9/ 17 /07

  2. What are Decomposers? • Decomposers: • (defined) Organisms that use dead plant and material as food.

  3. Niche • Decomposers break down • material, getting the energy they need to live and releasing elements back into the environment to be reused by other organisms.

  4. Decomposers at Work

  5. Decomposersare…. • Simple plants such as bacteria and fungi. Most are microscopic organisms

  6. Decomposers in the Pond Ecosystem • Located everywhere but more abundant at the bottom. Dead plants and animals settle. • That is why the pond muck smelled bad

  7. Decomposers in the Forest • In the forest abundant in the top layers of the soil

  8. Niche 2 • Decomposer are the janitors of nature. • Composting

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