What happens to the atoms of certain chemical elements, such as carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, in an ecosystem?
Biogeochemical Cycles (Nutrient Cycles)

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They move into and out of living systems.
2.
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What does the Law of Conservation of Mass state?
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Matter is neither created nor destroyed.
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What is the process called when plants lose water through their leaves?
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Transpiration.
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What are the gases that trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere causing global warming called?
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Green House gases.
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What is a place where matter/nutrients are collected or stored?
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A reservoir.
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Define biogeochemical cycles.
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Natural processes that recycle nutrients in various chemical forms from the non-living environment to living organisms and back.
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What role do decomposers play in nutrient cycles?
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They break down dead organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil.
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