Question
Study the following diagram, and answer these questions:

  1. Why does a wide arrow point from both producers and consumers to decomposers?
  2. Why does a wide arrow point only from inorganic nutrient pool to producers?
  3. Why don't the wavy arrows point from decomposers to producers?

Answer

  1. Both producers and consumers die and decompose.
  2. Only producers use inorganic nutrients to make organic molecules.
  3. Energy does not cycle.

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