Why decomposition of vegetable matter into …

CBSE, JEE, NEET, CUET
Question Bank, Mock Tests, Exam Papers
NCERT Solutions, Sample Papers, Notes, Videos
Posted by Tercy James 5 years, 6 months ago
- 1 answers
Related Questions
Posted by Aadarsh Tripathi 1 year, 4 months ago
- 2 answers
Posted by Ansh Preet 10 months, 1 week ago
- 1 answers
Posted by Surya Kumar 1 year, 4 months ago
- 1 answers
Posted by Harshal Patil 10 months, 1 week ago
- 0 answers
Posted by Tushar Sharma 1 year, 4 months ago
- 2 answers
Posted by Rani Alan 1 year, 4 months ago
- 1 answers
Posted by Harshita Tondey 1 year, 4 months ago
- 3 answers
Posted by Pandey Ji 5 months, 3 weeks ago
- 0 answers

myCBSEguide
Trusted by 1 Crore+ Students

Test Generator
Create papers online. It's FREE.

CUET Mock Tests
75,000+ questions to practice only on myCBSEguide app
myCBSEguide
Meghna Thapar 5 years, 6 months ago
The decomposition of plant and animal organic waste by the action of microbes into useful compost is an exothermic reaction because large amount of energy is released in this process. It is different from other chemical reactions,as they need energy to break the bond. According to the circumstances mentioned in the question that, The decomposition of vegetable matter into compost is said to be exotherimic in nature...but all decomposition reactions involve the absortion of enegry ; i.e. they are endothermic. That's why it is an exothermic reaction.
0Thank You