Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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Chapter 38, Problem 2PIT
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Another concept map that show nutrient cycle on land include producer, consumer, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus atmosphere and soil
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The producers are basically the plants which prepare their own food and other organism depends on them for their survival. Consumers are those organisms who depend upon plants for their food. Decomposers help in the breakdown of complex molecule to simpler ones. Nutrient cycle include carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus cycle due to which energy flow takes place.
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21. Decomposers are critical in the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles because they:
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