Matter is recycled, but energy is not.
In an ecosystem, matter is represented by the presence of biogeochemical elements such as Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus and Sulfur. These elements are being recycled through their respective cycles - Biogeochemical cycles (please click this http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Biogeochemical+cycles&gwp=13).
Energy, on the other hand, is not recyclable. It is something that an organism utilizes or consumes. The 1st law of thermodynamics explains why energy is not being recycled - as an energy passes through or is being consumed by an organism, the consumer of the said organism will only utilize less of a 100% of what the organism was able to get from the 100% energy.
You can recycle matter. As to energy, once you use it up, it is no longer available. The total energy remains constant, but the energy tends to convert to a form that makes it unusable. For more information, do some reading on the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
For the most part it is. All organic matter will naturally decompose with time, although some synthetic materials like plastics can resist decay for eons.
some stuff happens
Energy and matter are converted.
recycled
matter can get rechiceld
It's dead
decay always happens in ecosystems
We have ecosystems to live. Ecosystems give us energy,oxygen and many other things. Earth is the only planet which have ecosystems.
By plants
Algae
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
Energy is released.
when you add thermal energy to matter, the matter starts moving faster.
Energy and matter (mass) move through ecosystems from the bottom of the pyramid to the top. The bottom contains most of the matter and therefore the most energy. About 10% is passed to the second level. About 10% of that 10% is passed to the third level. Most ecosystems have three levels as there is not enough energy for a fourth level. Except in tropical rainforest they are fourth levels but no where else.
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
decay always happens in ecosystems
when you add thermal energy to matter, the matter starts moving faster.
When thermal energy is added the matter goes slower
It's dead
In a closed system, neither the energy or matter changes. (Study Island)
In a closed system, neither the energy or matter changes. (Study Island)