Decomposers are heterotrophic organisms and not autotrophic organisms because they A: live in soil where sunlight cannot reach

B: are consumers obtaining energy from dead or decaying organic matter

C: recycle materials back to the soil for re-use by plants

D: are classified by how they get energy using photosynthesis

The answer is option A

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B

Explanation:

Heterotrophic means that the organism cannot produce its own food, so B shows that decomposers are obtaining energy from other sources, making it a heterotroph.

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