Nutrient Cycle

Question 1

Briefly describe the nutrients cycle

Answer 1

1) Plants absorb the nutrients and energy from the soil
2) Abscission returns nutrients back to the soil using the leaf litter on the ground
3) Leaf litter is decomposed by microscopic fungi and bacteria (decomposers)

Question 2

What is leaf litter?

Answer 2

Fallen leaves on the forest floor

Question 3

What is biomass?

Answer 3

All living organisms

Question 4

What are decomposers?

Answer 4

A microscopic type of bacteria that decomposes the leaf litter