Answer: The options are not given, here are the options.
A. There will be no difference as compared to an area that has saprotrophs and detritivores. •
B. There would be nothing left, it will have completely decomposed. •
C. The body would remain, and be just as it was when it died except for weathering. •
D. The body would be decomposing at about half the normal speed.
The correct option is C.
The body would remain, and be just as it was when it died except for weathering.
Step-by-step explanation:
"If an organism were to die in an environment that had no saprotrophs or detritivores, The body would remain, and be just as it was when it died except for weathering because detrivores and feed on organic matter and excrete the nutrients, without detrivores and saprotroph the the organic matter in the dead organisms will still remain the same.
Detrivores are organisms that feed on dead organic matter and releasing nutrients to the ecosystem through it's wastes.
Saprotroph are decomposers that survive on or in dead organic matter secreting enzymes and releasing nutrients to the ecosystem. Examples is fungi.
Without detrivore and and saprotroph the dead organisms will remain the same except from weathering be side weathering is carried out through the activities of air, water or some agents.