Question

a) Combine the information found in the paragraphs above to show how soil
and decomposers contribute to the ecosystem.​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Soil and decomposers contribute to the ecosystem

• Soil contains various organisms that decompose plant and animal material into organic matter.

• These organisms include bacteria, earthworms, fungi, etc.
• Decomposers contribute to bringing nutrients into the soil, continuing the nitrogen and carbon cycles.

• A typical acre of soil contains 10 to 40 pounds of earthworms and 400 to 4,000 pounds of bacteria.
• The soil organisms range in size from one-celled organisms to complex nematodes to insects and worms.
• Each layer of the soil food web is working together to provide healthy soil which in turn assists us to have clean air, clean water, healthier plants, and regulated water flows.
• As with all food webs, the soil food web has producers and consumers.
• Plants use the sun’s energy to make their own energy; they are also called producers because they produce energy that is then available for other organisms to eat.
• The consumers of organic materials are bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, arthropods, earthworms, and more.
• Each group's decomposers assist in consuming the organic matter and converting it to healthier soil removing harmful elements from the above-ground food web.
• The cycle continues as the plants need healthy soil from the soil decomposers to produce more food.
• Decomposers break apart dead organisms into simpler inorganic materials, making nutrients available to primary producers.
• They perform a valuable service as Earth’s cleanup crew.
• So soil and decomposers play an important role in the flow of energy through an ecosystem.

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