Question

Both scavengers and decomposers feed on the dead plants and animals.How are they different?

Answer 1

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Decomposers are the organisms that consume dead organisms and break them down into simple chemical components like carbon, nitrogen and other nutrients which are essential for living organisms. By eating up the dead matters they clean the environment. Without decomposers the world would have filled with dead bodies of plants and animals. Therefore, decomposers are called nature's cleansers.

Scavenger feeds on dead and decaying organic matter present in its habitat.

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