Some Protists Break Down Waste Material by Consuming Other Dead

question 42

Multiple Choice

Some protists break down waste material by consuming other dead organisms and releasing nutrients into the environment to be reused by producers and cycled back into the food chain.These protists are

• A) decomposers.
• B) producers.
• C) autotrophs.
• D) auxotrophs.

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