Identify the step that is NOT a part of decomposition.

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SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 06 Dec 2022 Shift 3)

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The correct answer is Soil erosion.Key Points

Decomposition literally means "to break down."
Decomposition is a metabolic process that consumes complex chemicals as raw materials, processes them, and then transforms them into simpler compounds.
Decomposers, which include bacteria, fungi, and a few other microorganisms, are those who start the decomposition process.
To stay alive, they consume dead organisms.
Dead and decaying animals and plants are used as the raw materials for the breakdown process.
That results in the production of nutrients, carbon dioxide, water, and other things.
Raw elements like dead plants, animals, and their remains are referred to as detritus.
These microbes, collectively referred to as saprophytes, then digest this debris.
- Nutrients are released into the water and soak into the soil through a process called leaching.
- The process of converting complicated molecules into simpler ones is known as catabolism.
- Humification is the process by which dark-colored humus develops on the soil.

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Soil erosion:
- The wearing away of the topsoil layer is known as soil erosion.
- It contributes to soil degradation.
- The dynamic action of erosive agents, such as water, ice, snow, air, plants, and animals, is what drives this natural process.
- It has caused a sharp rise in river pollutants and sedimentation, clogging up the water bodies and causing a fall in the number of aquatic creatures.
- Degraded areas lose their ability to hold water, which causes floods.