Wastes would accumulate and most nutrients would stop cycling if which organism(s) within an ecosystem died?

a. protozoans and protistans
b. bacteria and fungi
c. flatworms, roundworms, and earthworms
d. insects
e. top carnivores


ANSWER: b

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