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Science question: are materials lost from the ecosystem, and if so, how?
I would think Yes and no. No because of the law of conservation of mass and energy, but yes in the instances of the extinction of species.(that strand of DNA, etc) Would this be correct or am I off on something?
*note, before I get attacked by the internet, environmental science is not my field of study and I'm just trying to come up with a good answer for that question for my online class haha*
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- Tim DLv 78 years agoFavourite answer
Of course. It happens whenever there is burial of plants or animals by sediments. The nutrients in their bodies can't return to the life cycle, in which dead organisms are broken down and the elements are recycled into new life.