Asked by luh_.jo3

Which organisms release carbon dioxide as waste?

consumers only
consumers and decomposers
producers and decomposers
producers only

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Consumers and decomposers.

Explanation: Consumers (animals) and decomposers (fungi, bacteria) release carbon dioxide as a waste product of cellular respiration. Plants (producers) do respire and also release CO2, but in most basic biology questions they’re credited with producing O2 as the main "waste" of photosynthesis.