Please answer the following, and explain in details A. Why is it important that decomposers such as bacteria release nutrients? B. What term best describes heterotrophic that feed on living tissue? Solution A. If the nutrients are not recycled then life processes will come to an end . New organisms can not be formed as all the nutrients on the earth will be permanently locked in the bodies of dead organisms and the organic matter .There is a cycle that goes in in nature. Decomposers release nutrients into the ground which helps feed plants and other such organisms. B. Parasitism..