alleryStart learning →What is the recycling of inorganic matter between organisms and their environment called?
AAn ecological pyramid
BA trophic transfer step
CA biogeochemical cycle
DA detrital food web
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. A biogeochemical cycle
1. Energy passes through an ecosystem once and leaves as heat.
2. Matter behaves differently, because it is conserved and used again.
3. Geology and chemistry both shape that recycling, alongside biology.
4. The recycling of inorganic matter between organisms and their environment is a biogeochemical cycle.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 1e (CC BY 4.0), Chs 44 and 46, section 46.3 Biogeochemical Cycles_
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