New Mexico NM-ASR Science Grade 8 Practice Questions - New Mexico Assessment Of Science Readiness - Science, Grade 8 Exam

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A diagram shows a food web in which decomposers break down dead organisms and return nutrients to the soil. What would most likely happen if the decomposers were removed from the ecosystem?

Dead matter would build up and nutrients would not be recycled back to producers Producers would grow faster because they would no longer be eaten The ecosystem would have more energy overall Nothing would change because decomposers are not important

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Dead matter would build up and nutrients would not be recycled back to producers

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