Plants Produce Biomass by Taking in Energy, CO₂, and Nutrients

question 110

Essay

Plants produce biomass by taking in energy, CO₂, and nutrients from the environment; consumers eat much of this biomass, but not all. However, ecosystems do not indefinitely accumulate large quantities of organic matter over time. Why not?

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Definitions:

Symbolic Form

the representation of objects, concepts, or actions by symbols to facilitate understanding or communication.

Components

Basic elements or parts that make up a system or device.

Connective

A term used in mathematics and logic to denote operations that combine statements, propositions, or terms.

Conditional Statement

A logical statement that has two parts: a hypothesis (if) and a consequent (then), where the consequent follows logically from the hypothesis.