What is the basic pattern of a chemical cycle in an ecosystem?

Answer 1

producers incorporate chemicals from non living environment into organic compounds

consumers feed on producers incorporate chemicals into there bodies/ release some out into the environment(waste)

when organisms die they are decomposed and supply soil,water,and air with chemicals in inorganic form

Answer 2

Chemical cycling is a way to recycle nutrients and chemicals in an ecosystem. This is accomplished by producers taking in chemicals and making them into organic compounds which consumers then feed on and incorporate into their bodies. They then release some back to the environment in waste products.

Answer 3

In a chemical cycle in an ecosystem, chemicals are continuously recycled between biotic and abiotic components. For example, in the carbon cycle, carbon dioxide is taken up by plants during photosynthesis, passed on to herbivores when they eat the plants, and then to carnivores when they eat the herbivores. Decomposers break down dead organisms, releasing carbon back into the environment for reuse.