In what way is a decomposing log in a forest a microhabitat ? It supports small organisms within a habitat, while the forest houses the log itself It supports small organisms within a habitat, while the forest houses the log itself it provides camouflage for organisms to protect themselves it provides camouflage for organisms to protect themselves it decomposes matter that enriches the soil it decomposes matter that enriches the soil it is a large community of organisms that occupy a large habitat

A microhabitat is a small or localized ecosystem in a larger ecosystem where a range of small populations of plants and animals sustain and main a micro-ecosystem.

Rotting or decomposing log is an example of the microhabitat as it provides food shelter, and various plants and organisms found and interact to make it an ecosystem. There are also interactions between biotic and abiotic factors. Many other characteristics present in this small ecosystem as given in the question.

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alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.