Question

gadir,
Use your brain power !
What would happen if the energy
remains trapped in the body of apex
consumers even after their death? What
will happen if there were no decomposers
like microbes and fungi in nature?​

Answer 1

When death strikes the apex consumers.. The energy will either get converted to some other energy or it might still retain in the body because the dead is not going to to do work. And when there is no work there is no energy.

If there were no decomposes like microbes and fungi... Then the dead body will not decompose in the atmosphere And there will be no foul smell too coming from a dead body

Answer 2

1) After the death of apex consumers, their energy becomes available to the decomposers. If energy remains trapped in the body of apex consumers then energy will not be available for decomposers and they will not survive thus disturbing the balance of the ecosystem.

2) Decomposers like microbes and fungi break down the bodies of dead plants and animals and convert them into simple carbon compounds. These substances easily mix with air, water and soil from where they are again absorbed by the plants and incorporated into the food chain. If there were no decomposers, decomposition will not happen and the nutrients will be trapped in the bodies of plants and animals and this will disturb the food chain, food Web and the equilibrium in the ecosystem.