Identify the substrate and microbial process, trace soluble products into respiration or growth and use the graph trend to explain carbon transfer or oxygen demand.
Quince are fruit that grow on trees.
When a quince falls from the tree, two processes take place: browning and decomposition.
A quince fruit is made up of cells and contains a lot of juice.
The table shows the composition of carbohydrates in the juice of one species of quince.
*(iii) Explain the role of decomposition in returning the carbon present in the carbohydrates in the quince fruit back into the atmosphere.
Use the information given in part (b) to support your answer.