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Question 14

In this model, which organisms can supply dead material for the decomposers to work on?

  1. Only the producers
  2. Organisms at every trophic levelCorrect answer
  3. Only the primary consumers
  4. Only the animals that no other animal eats

Explanation

Every organism eventually dies and leaves remains, so decomposers act on dead material coming from all trophic levels. Limiting the answer to the plants at the base fails, because dead consumers and dead predators are broken down in exactly the same way.

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