Fill in the blank: Decomposers break down the in dead organisms and release into the atmosphere.

Decomposers break down dead material from plants and other organisms and release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

the diploid number of chromosomes is sometimes represented by the symbol 2n. for the fruit fly, the diploid number is 8, which can be written as 2n = 8, where n represents twice the number of chromosomes in a sperm or egg cell.