Question

What is the role played by scavengers in an ecosystem?

Answer 1

1. Scavengers eat dead plants and animals.
2. Some examples of scavengers are the hyena, vulture, and termite.
3. Just like decomposers, scavengers also play a great role in the breakdown of dead bodies of organisms.
4. They make work easy for decomposers by eating the remaining and leaving the rest to be decomposed.
5. This also helps in the cleaning environment.