What role do decomposers play in the cycling of material in a biogeochemical cycle?

A. Decomposers break down organisms to supply the soil, water, and air with inorganic chemicals.

B. Decomposers use nonliving processes such as rain and fire to make inorganic chemicals.

C. Decomposers make chemicals from the nonliving environment into organic compounds.

D. Decomposers incorporate some organic compounds into their bodies and release some back to the environment as waste.

What way does renewable energy differ from nonrenewable energy?

Extensive and unusual cold snaps have occurred here recently. is this evidence that global warming is lessening or not occurring? no—although the long-term trend is for warming, short-term weather patterns can still be variable. no—melting of glaciers and ice caps is making the oceans cooler, which can cause cold snaps. yes-- if global warming really were occurring, cold snaps wouldn’t happen. yes—due to global warming, weather patterns should be become less—not more—variable.

The desert expands by hundreds of square miles each year.