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In an ecosystem the reactions going on are chemical reactions, and the total weight of the substances involved remains constant. Matter is only destroyed in nuclear reactions such as the fission of uranium, which does not happen in a normal ecosystem. Energy is transformed though, for example the sun's energy is absorbed by plants making them grow.
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How is the movement if matter through the biosphere different from the flow of energy?
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
What is the ultimate source of energy for ecosystems?
The sun is the ultimate source of energy for almost all earth ecosystems.
Differences of the carbon and energy in ecosystems?
Carbon is carbon and energy is energy.
What is one major difference between how matter moves through an ecosystem and how energy moves through an ecosystem?
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
Why are matter and engery transferred through an ecosytem?
Energy must be transformed within ecosystems so that it is made available to other organisms. Energy is produced by producing organisms at the lowest trophic level, and then moves up to higher trophic levels to other consuming organisms.
What are the most important transformers of energy in ecosystems?
Algae
How is the movement of matter through the biosphere difference from the flow of energy?
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
How does the way that matter flows through an ecosystem different from the way that energy flows?
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
How matter and energy move through an ecosystem?
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.
How is the movement if matter through the biosphere different from the flow of energy?
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
How does energy and matter move through an ecosystem?
It gets converted into energy.
What is the ultimate source of energy for ecosystems?
The sun is the ultimate source of energy for almost all earth ecosystems.
Why do you have ecosystems?
We have ecosystems to live. Ecosystems give us energy,oxygen and many other things. Earth is the only planet which have ecosystems.
Differences of the carbon and energy in ecosystems?
Carbon is carbon and energy is energy.
What is one major difference between how matter moves through an ecosystem and how energy moves through an ecosystem?
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
What is the ulitamte resource of energy for ecosystems?
Solar energy - radiation from the Sun.
What is the major source of energy in most ecosystems?
Solar energy.
