How do decomposers help to conserve mass and energy?
Decomposers use energy from sunlight to produce their own matter, which supplies other organisms with food.

Decomposers produce 90% of the heat needed for lower trophic levels.

As decomposers break down dead plant material, they convert up to 90% of the plants’ energy into sunlight.

As decomposers break down an organism, they release some of the organism’s matter back into the environment to be used again.