Multiple Choice
What would happen death or decay did occur?
A) The decomposer component of the food chain would not be operating.
B) The wastes generated by organisms would not decompose and, consequently, the surface of Earth would become covered with nondecaying animal wastes.
C) Nutrient cycling would stop, so soils would eventually lose their fertility, plants would not be able to grow, and the food chain would collapse.
D) all of these
E) A and B only
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