Food is the source of energy that is used by the organism for the process of metabolism. Maggots are the larva of flies and depend on dead and decaying matters.
Maggots are:
Option C. Decomposers
This type of organism can be explained as:
The organism is classified into different classes according to the nature of its feeding habits.
<u>Autotrophs </u>are called the primary producer and break inorganic compounds into organic for energy.
<u>Producers </u>are the organism that produces their food by converting solar energy into chemical energy.
<u>Decomposers </u>are small-sized organism that lives in soil and breaks the organic compound of dead and decayed bodies.
<u>Heterotrophs </u>are organism that depends on other sources and producers for energy.