alleryStart learning →The recycling of inorganic matter between living organisms and their environment is called a:
ATrophic level cascade
BGrazing food web loop
CPrimary succession run
DBiogeochemical cycle
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Biogeochemical cycle
1. Matter, unlike energy, is reused rather than lost.
2. Inorganic matter moves between living organisms and their environment.
3. Geology and chemistry both have major roles in the study of this process.
4. That is why the recycling is called a biogeochemical cycle.
5. The carbon and nitrogen cycles are two examples.
_Source: OpenStax Biology 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 46 'Ecosystems', sections 46.1-46.3_
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