Most micronutrients go and resided in the soil when organisms die and decompose on land.Question 3Select one:TrueFalse

When animals and plants die and decompose, what is put back into the soil?

Organisms that eat dead and decaying plants and animals*1 pointare decomposershelp keep the Earth clean from waste piling upreturn nutrients from dead organic matter to the soilall of the above

Most fungi obtain nutrients from dead plants and animals. These fungi are called _____.Group of answer choicesdimorphicparasitessubstratesnonseptatesaprobes

Decomposers break down dead plants and animals. They also break down the waste of other organisms. Decomposers are very important for any ecosystem. If they weren't in the ecosystem, the plants would not get essential nutrients, dead matter and waste would pile up. So the nutrients in them are recycled back into the ecosystem to be used again. Bacteria are also key organisms at the decomposer level. Hence the natural replenishment of soil does not takes place if decomposers are absent.

Soil fauna, such as bacteria, algae, and fungi, are important to soil health because they Blank______.Multiple choice question.release oxygen into the soil substrate for use by other soil faunadecompose and recycle leaf litter, releasing nutrients back into the soil for plant useare a crucial food source for insects and small predators