Question

Fungi are decomposers while plants are ___.

Answer 1

Kingdom Fungi:

1. They include multicellular organisms.
2. They have a saprophytic mode of nutrition and are also called decomposers.
3. They break down the dead remains of organisms into simpler substances.
4. They release enzymes to break down or decompose the organic matter of the decaying material and absorb the nutrients from it.

Kingdom Plantae:

1. They are the primary producers.
2. They have an autotrophic mode of nutrition.
3. They produce their own food using inorganic matter.
4. Every organism that has a heterotrophic mode of nutrition, depends on plants for their nutritional requirement either directly or indirectly.

Final answer: Fungi are decomposers while plants are producers.