Question: Decomposers are important in the food chain because they
Answer: break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients into the soil.
Hypothesis: decomposers are important to the food chain by returning nutrients to the soil by breaking down dead organisms
Supporting facts: sent1: to decompose means to decay sent2: a consumer is a kind of role in the food chain process sent3: high quality / rich / good soil has a high number of nutrients / amount of nitrogen sent4: the function of something is what that something is used to do sent5: producers are a source of food for animals sent6: an animal / living thing requires nutrients for survival sent7: to decompose means to separate sent8: if something requires something else then that something else is important to that something sent9: decomposition is a stage in the carbon cycle process sent10: soil provides nutrients for plants sent11: dead plants means dead plant material sent12: if an organism can do something , then that organism is able to do that something sent13: an animal is a kind of consumer sent14: renewing soil increases the nutrients in soil sent15: break apart means break down sent16: a producer is a kind of role in the food chain process sent17: decomposition is when a decomposer recycles / returns nutrients / nitrogen from dead organisms to the soil by eating those dead organisms sent18: a role in the ecosystem is a role in the food chain process sent19: role is similar to importance sent20: an ecosystem contains a large community of / large numbers of living organisms sent21: plants are a kind of producer sent22: nutrients are a source of energy for living things sent23: food contains nutrients sent24: break down means change from a whole into pieces sent25: a plant / living thing requires nutrients to grow
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] decomposition is when a decomposer recycles / returns nutrients / nitrogen from dead organisms to the soil by eating those dead organisms [AND] break down means change from a whole into pieces [INFER] int1: decomposers return nutrients to the soil by breaking down dead organsisms [BECAUSE] soil provides nutrients for plants [AND] a plant / living thing requires nutrients to grow [INFER] int2: plants require nutrients from soil [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] plants are a kind of producer [INFER] int3: producers require nutrients in soil [BECAUSE] food contains nutrients [AND] producers are a source of food for animals [INFER] int4: producers are a source of nutrients for animals [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] an animal / living thing requires nutrients for survival [INFER] int5: an animal requires nutrients from producers [BECAUSE] int5 [AND] an animal is a kind of consumer [INFER] int6: a consumer requires nutrients from producers [BECAUSE] int3 [AND] int6 [INFER] int7: a consumer requires nutrients from producers which require nutrients from soil [BECAUSE] int7 [AND] if something requires something else then that something else is important to that something [INFER] int8: nutrients in soil are important to producers which are important to consumers [BECAUSE] a producer is a kind of role in the food chain process [AND] a consumer is a kind of role in the food chain process [INFER] int9: consumers and producers are kinds of roles in the food chain process [BECAUSE] int8 [AND] int9 [INFER] int10: nutrients in soil are important to the food chain [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] int10 [INFER] int11: decomposers are important to the food chain by returning nutrients to the soil by breaking down dead organisms