If there were no decomposers, which of the following would most likely happen?
A. The amount of dead plant and animIal matter would decrease.
B. Some plants might die due to a shortage of important nutrients.
C. Plants and animals would remain living for a longer period of time.
D. Animals would start carrying out photosynthesis.

B. Some plants might die due to a shortage of important nutrients.

Explanation:

Decomposers are organisms that consume dead, decaying material in the ecosystem. They can then recycle these nutrients back into the soil to be used by plants, continuing the nutrient cycle.

The amount of dead plant and animal matter would increase because there is nothing to breakdown the matter. Animals cannot photosynthesise under any circumstances. The lifespan of plants and animals would not be affected.

However, without decomposers recycling essential nutrients such as nitrogen back into the soil, the plants might die because they cannot perform important tasks like protein synthesis.

c-14 is carbon-14, or radiocarbon.   it is a radioactive isotope of carbon with an atomic nucleus containing 6 protons and 8 neutrons.

it forms an anion that has a larger radius. anions have a negative charge and are larger than the original atom.