Question
Nutrients are recycled through waste or decomposition in a food web.
- True
- False
Hint:
Food web consists of various food chains which usually begin with producers and end with decomposers.
The correct answer is 'True'.
- It is true to say that nutrients are recycled through waste or decomposition in a food web.
- Decomposition refers to the process in which the complex organic material of organisms is broken down into simpler inorganic material and sent back to the soil.
- In a food web, the chain usually starts with producers and ends with decomposers. When the organisms die, their bodies decay and undergo the process of decomposition. During this time, their converted inorganic material moves to the soil.
- This inorganic material acts as nutrients for plants, and the producers. In this way, the whole nutrients in the food web get recycled.
Decomposition is a crucial process. It ensures that the nutrients are not lost in the environment.
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Energy always flows in a unidirectional way. It never comes to a downwards trophic level.
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At the same time, the population of rabbits in this food chain will increase because there would be no other organism feeding on them.
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Decay is the breaking down or decomposition of
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