The videos below show a piece of fruit or vegetable immersed in solutions of differing osmolarity.

Once every hour the cells are removed from the solution and placed on a scale.

You can measure the mass each time the fruit or vegetable is removed from the solution

2. Consider the experiment set-up described.
What is the independent variable in this experiment?

-Hint What is the scientist changing or manipulating?

-Change in Mass
-Type of organism
-Time
-Osmolarity of the solution

from my research i have to the conclusion that decomposers, such as fungi, bacteria and invertebrates, play a critical role in nutrient cycling and without them the earth's ecosystem may not support life as we know it. elements such as carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus exist in limited amounts on earth, although huge amounts of carbon are being released into the atmosphere from underground sources now by humans. it is still extremely important that other nutrients be retained by the process of re-use. decomposers are organisms that are able to chemically break down dead material and make these elements available for use by other organisms. without this breakdown of dead material, dead bodies would pile up. so decomposers also play a role in clean up also. without them, life might not continue as we know it and dead material would overwhelm the earth.