decomposing

• what are decomposers?

  a group of microorganisms that break down the waste and dead animals and plants
• what are the chemicals that make up living organisms?

  carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen
• what does the decay process mean?

  the same material is recycled over and over again and often leads to stable communities
• what do decomposers do?

  return mineral ions to the soil
• what does the decay process do with carbon?

  returns it to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide that producers can use in photosynthesis