Question

1. how can the wastes of decomposers get recycled in a food web?

Explanation:

Decomposers break down organic matter into inorganic nutrients (like carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus) and release them into the soil, water, or air. Producers (e.g., plants) then absorb these inorganic nutrients from the environment. For example, plants take up nitrogen from the soil (recycled from decomposer waste) to make proteins. Herbivores eat these plants, and the nutrients move up the food web, thus recycling the decomposer - derived wastes.

Answer:

Decomposers' wastes (organic matter broken into inorganic nutrients like carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus) are released into the environment (soil, water, air). Producers (e.g., plants) absorb these inorganic nutrients. Herbivores eat producers, and nutrients move up the food web, recycling the wastes.