Biogeochemical Cycles - Energy vs. Nutrients

Question 1

energy

Answer 1

• moves form one organism to another and all along the way energy is lost in the form of heat
• one way movement

Question 2

nutrients

Answer 2

• move in cycles changing form, but staying in biosphere

- carbon cycle, water cycle, etc.

Question 3

movement through an ecosystem

Answer 3

• both nutrients and energy move through ecosystems, but in different ways