1. The Role of Decomposers in the Ecosystem
Science 8
9/ 17 /07

2. What are Decomposers? Decomposers:
(defined) Organisms that use dead plant and material as food.

3. Niche Decomposers break down
material, getting the energy they need to live and releasing elements back into the environment to be reused by other organisms.

4. Decomposers at Work

5. Decomposers are….
Simple plants such as bacteria and fungi. Most are microscopic organisms

6. Decomposers in the Pond Ecosystem
Located everywhere but more abundant at the bottom. Dead plants and animals settle.
That is why the pond muck smelled bad

7. Decomposers in the Forest
In the forest abundant in the top layers of the soil

8. Niche 2
Decomposer are the janitors of nature.
Composting