Question

what are scavengers and decomposers

Answer 1

Some animals eat dead animals or carrion. They are called scavengers. They help break down or reduce organic material into smaller pieces. These smaller pieces are then eaten bydecomposers.

Answer 2

The animals who eat dead and decaying plant or animal material are called scavengers.


A decomposer is an organism that decomposes, or breaks down, organic material such as the remains of dead organisms.