Identify the correct statements:
A: Detrivores perform fragmentation.
B: The humus is further degraded by some microbes during mineralization.
C: Water soluble inorganic nutrients go down into the soil and get precipitated by a process called leaching.
D: The detritus food chain begins with living organisms.
E: Earthworms break down detritus into smaller particles by a process called catabolism.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. D, E, A only  2. A, B, C only
3. B, C, D only  4. C, D, E only
Subtopic:  Decomposition |
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Which of the following is not correct regarding the decomposition of wastes? 

(a) Low temperature inhibits decomposition
(b) Warm and moist environment favors the process 
(c) The process is anaerobic 
(d) It is slower if detritus is rich in proteins and carbohydrates 
(e) Detritus is degraded into simpler inorganic substance by fungal and bacterial enzymes 

   
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 

1. (b) and (c) only  2. (c), (a) and (d) only 
3. (c) and (d) only 4. (c), (d) and (e) only
Subtopic:  Decomposition |
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