If there were no decomposers what would happen to dying things in a forest?

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Subject: If there were no decomposers what would happen to dying things in a forest?

Date: Thu Nov 30 18:02:12 2000
Posted by Leigh
Grade level: 4-6 School: East Middle School
City: Tullahoma State/Province: TN Country: USA
Area of science: Environment & Ecology
ID: 975625332.En

Message:


My son, a fourth grade student, answered a question on a test and got it 
wrong.  He had really thought about this answer while reading and studying 
about decomposers.

The test question was, "Why are decomposers important?"
He answered, "If we didn't have decomposers, then dead animals and plants 
would stack up to the sky."

Is this a wrong answer?

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