Q: Unlike energy, what happens to matter in ecosystems?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Living things need nonliving matter as well as energy. What do you think matter is used for? It's used to build bodies. It's also needed to carry out the processes of life. Any nonliving matter that living things need is called a nutrient . Carbon and nitrogen are examples of nutrients. Unlike energy, matter is recycled in ecosystems. In the figure below, you can see how ( Figure below ).

 Choices:

- it is filtered

- it does not exist

- it is destroyed

- it is recycled


A:
it is recycled