Which organism obtains its energy from dead or decaying matter?

saprotrophs or saprophyte

A saprophyte or saprotroph is an organism which gets its energy from dead and decaying organic matter. This may be decaying pieces of plants or animals. They are consumers in the food chain.Bacteria and fungi are important saprotrophs.

Saprophyte is the organism obtains its energy from dead or decaying matter

Explanation: Saprophytes don't have chlorophyll and therefore, cannot prepare their food. They obtain nutrients from dead and decaying matter. Digestive juices secrete by the saprophyte on dead and decaying matter and convert it into a solution. They then absorb the nutrients from it. These enzymes convert organic food substance into a simple one.

your answer is "the 1950's"

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the water molecules are transferred from the roots to the stem or top parts of the tall tree because of important properties of water which are adhesion, cohesion and capillary action. cohesion is the property of water molecules keeps water molecules in a combined state by sharing of bonds between them at the atomic level. adhesion allows the interaction of water molecules with other substances or substrate. adhesion will cause the attachment of water molecules to the wall of the vessel (xylem) of the plant. capillary action occurs when the adhesive force to the vessel wall is stronger than the cohesive force between water molecules. capillary action mimics the transfer of water from a tube or pipe. in this way water utilizes its property to transfer water from down to top level of the plant.