<span>Decomposers are organisms such as ants, earthworms, bacteria an fungi that break down organic matter like dead and decaying plants and animals. Decomposers break the material down into its mineral components and returns it to the soil. If decomposers are absent in this ecosystem there would be no recycling of nutrients. Forest plants would not have available minerals to grow and productivity levels would fall significantly. </span>
When a plant cell is placed in a solution with a lower water potential it will lose water osmotically and plasmolyze.
During the process of osmosis water moves from a region of higher water potential to a region of lower water potential.
<u>Loss of water by the plant cells makes it to shrink or reduce in size and consequently, the plasma membrane pulls away from the cell wall, producing plasmolysis.</u>
