the rainforest, most of the carbon and essential are locked up in the living vegetation, dead and decaying leaves. As organic material decays, is recycled so quickly that few nutrients ever reach the leaving it nearly sterile. The high temperature and of tropical rainforests cause dead organic in the soil to decompose quickly. matter (dead wood and leaf litter) is so efficiently because of the abundance of including bacteria, fungi, and termites. organisms take up nutrients, which are released wastes when organisms die. Virtually all organic is rapidly processed, even fecal matter and It is only a matter of minutes, in many before dung is discovered and utilized by insects. Hence statement 1 is not correct and 2 correct.