Question

In any ecosystem, land-based and aquatic, matter, in the form of atoms and molecules, is cycled among all organisms. Organisms within every food web, have specific roles in continuing the cycle of nutrients.

In any food web, the organisms that are responsible for converting raw energy into usable chemical energy are collectively called ________ while organisms that recycle the nutrients trapped in dead organisms are collectively called ________.
A) producers; consumers.
B) producers; decomposers.
C) heterotrophs; consumers.
D) heterotrophs; autotrophs.

Answer 1

B) producers; decomposers

Step-by-step explanation:

Decomposers are the only organisms that recycle energy In dead matter. Producers take raw energy from the sun and convert it into chemical energy so that it can be used to make their food.