Question

I break down the remains of dead plants and animals. Who am i?

Answer 1

Hint:To maintain the balance in the ecosystem, proper food chain is very important. The food chain is a linear network of connections in the food web, beginning with producer organisms and ending with apex predator animals, detritivores or decomposers.

Complete answer:
The food chain only takes one direction as animals pursue food. Eg: A hawk consumes a snake that has eaten a frog that has eaten a grasshopper that has eaten grass. The food chain also reveals how the animals are attached to each other by the food they consume. Each level of the food chain has a different trophic level.

Decomposers break down dead and rotting organic matter, including falling leaves, dead plant pieces and wildlife to obtain their nutrients, energy and carbon. It's sometimes called detritus. Some of the bacteria and fungi are also decomposers. They tend to replenish the soil by adding nutrients to the soil. As a consequence, the detritus food chain continues with decomposers.

Additional information:
Food chains and food webs and/or food networks define the interaction between organisms in the biotic world. In other words, it demonstrates the transition of resources and resources from one animal to another within the environment.

Consumers have dominated much of the food chain. They have essential roles to play within the environment, such as maintaining the food cycle and holding animal stocks at a healthy level. Without a proper balance, the ecosystem could collapse

Hence the correct answer is ‘Decomposers’.

Note:Although the terms decomposer and detritivore are often used interchangeably, detritivores intakes and digests dead matter internally, while decomposers specifically ingest nutrients by external chemical and biological processes.Thus, invertebrates such as earthworms and sea cucumbers are technically detritivores, not decomposers, since they have to eat nutrients-they cannot consume them externally.