Question

earthworms and bacteria are called

producer
consumer
Decomposers
none of these

Answer 1

They Are Decomposers

Answer 2

Answer:

Decomposers

Explanation:

• Producers are living things that can synthesize their food. Green plants are the producers which possess the ability to prepare their food using sunlight- photosynthesis.

• A consumer is the one who consumes the producers or depends on other living things as they cannot make their food.

• Decomposers are a kind of consumer which digests formerly living material. They convert all the organic matter into CO₂ and nutrients.

As earthworms and bacteria feed on decaying organic matter present in soil and release the nutrients, they are decomposers.

Hence decomposer is the correct answer.