What Would Happen Death or Decay Did $\underline {\text { not } }$

question 41

Multiple Choice

What would happen death or decay did $\underline {\text { not } }$ occur?

• A) The decomposer component of the food chain would not be operating.
• B) The wastes generated by organisms would not decompose and, consequently, the surface of Earth would become covered with nondecaying animal wastes.
• C) Nutrient cycling would stop, so soils would eventually lose their fertility, plants would not be able to grow, and the food chain would collapse.
• D) all of these
• E) A and B only

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Definitions:

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