Identify the correct statements.
(a) Detritivores perform fragmentation of detritus.
(b) The humus is further degraded by some microbes during mineralisation.
(c) Water soluble inorganic nutrients go down into the soil and are 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.

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(b), (c), (d) only

(c), (d), (e) only

(d), (e), (a) only

(a), (b), (c) only

answer is D.

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(a) Detritivores perform fragmentation of detritus.
(b) The humus is further degraded by some microbes during mineralisation.
(c) Water soluble inorganic nutrients go down into the soil and are precipitated by a process called leaching.
(d) The detritus food chain begins with dead organic matter.
(e) Earthworms break down detritus into smaller particles by a process called fragmentation.

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