Question

What would happen to the energy in an ecosystem if there were no decomposers?(1 point)

Energy would build up in the soil, allowing plants to grow faster.

The movement of energy would stop because it would remain locked in the biosphere.

The energy would cycle faster because decomposers are very slow at breaking down material.

The movement of energy would stop because the decomposers would not be there to perform photosynthesis.

Answer 1

The movement of energy would stop because it would remain locked in the biosphere.

Without decomposers dead organic matter and its nutrients wouldn't be broken down and returned to the soil, so producers would eventually lack resources and the flow of energy through the ecosystem would cease.