Question

Whose job is it to release the carbon that remains in the bodies of dead organisms?

Responses

carnivores

carnivores

producers

producers

herbivores

herbivores

decomposers

Answer 1

The job of releasing the carbon that remains in the bodies of dead organisms falls to **decomposers**. Decomposers, such as bacteria and fungi, break down dead organic matter, returning carbon and other nutrients to the soil and the atmosphere.