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i n an ecosystem flows from the producers to the consumers. However, a very important group of heterotrophs are decomposers. What role do decomposers serve in an ecosystem?

They break down organic matter into nutrients for other organisms

The make their own food and provide energy for the rest of the system

They consume the producers and provide energy for the higher consumers.

They change electromagnetic energy from them into usable energy forms

Answer 1

They consume the producers and provide energy for the higher consumers.

Step-by-step explanation:

Decomposers are the last element in an alimentary chain. What they do is take organic elements and transform then into inorganic elements that can be used by the higher consumers. In other words, they will process the last of the elements that was consumed by others and will give energy that is used by higher consumers of the chain.