AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Rather than flowing through an ecosystem, the matter that makes up living organisms is conserved and recycled. This is the essence of the Law of Conservation of Matter.

Detailed explanation-2: -Since the planet function under this principle in which matter can be transfer, but it cannot be created or destroyed, and the biochemical cycle is the one that is responsible for the transfer of matter.

Detailed explanation-3: -Conservation of Energy and Mass The law of conservation of mass states that in a chemical reaction mass is neither created nor destroyed. For example, the carbon atom in coal becomes carbon dioxide when it is burned. The carbon atom changes from a solid structure to a gas but its mass does not change.

Detailed explanation-4: -Conservation of Mass Conservation of Matter Over a long time, matter is transferred from one organism to another repeatedly and between organisms and their physical environment. As in all material systems, the total amount of matter remains constant, even though its form and location change.

Detailed explanation-5: -Biogeochemical cycles, also known as nutrient cycles, describe the movement of chemical elements through different media, such as the atmosphere, soil, rocks, bodies of water, and organisms. Biogeochemical cycles keep essential elements available to plants and other organisms.