Why are decomposers usually absent from food webs? A. Decomposers do not have a feeding relationship with other organisms B. Decomposers can operate at several different trophic levels C. Decomposers can produce their own food D. Decomposers can only access energy from dead organisms

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Q: What would happen in an ecosystem if suddenly there were no decomposers?

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Q: Which organisms in the diagram are autotrophs?

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Q: Describe a marine food web in the middle of the ocean

A: A food web is made up of several interconnected food chains.

Q: Which one of the following would NOT be classified as a decomposer? O A. Amushroom O B. Aworm O C.…

A: It will be not qualified as a decomposer

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Q: How would the ecosystem react to producers or decomposers being removed.

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Q: What is a trophic level, and how does it relate to a food web?

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Q: are energy and matter, or both cycled in ecosystems? explain what happens to energy and matter

A: Yes both Energy and matter are recycled in ecosystems.

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Q: tend to occupy the base of food webs. a. mediatrophs O b. trophytrophs С. heterotrophs O d.…

A: Option D i.e. autotrophs are the base of food web.

Q: Where in the energy and trophic schemes do decomposers enter?

A: Food chain is considered as straight single pathway by  which food energy travels in an ecosystem.