A mushroom is observed growing on a fallen log. How is the mushroom interacting with the log?

It is using the log purely for physical support to get closer to sunlight.

It is consuming the wood from the log as food to build its own body.

It is providing the dead log with nutrients to help it grow again.

It is simply resting on the log without any interaction.

What is the primary reason decomposers, like fungi and bacteria, break down dead organic matter?

To convert sunlight directly into chemical energy for plants.

To use the matter as a source of food for their own life processes, growth, and repair.

To create shelter for small insects and animals within the soil.

To release clean water into the environment.

They both perform photosynthesis.

They are both capable of hunting live prey.

They both consume other organisms for energy.

They both have roots to absorb nutrients.

It is a non-living chemical process that breaks down rocks.

It is a living organism that eats dead material to survive and grow.

It is a type of plant that does not require sunlight.

It is an environmental condition like rain or wind.