Carbon
Decomposers release nutrients when they break down dead organisms
Decomposition
What is the beginning of the life cycle?
Decomposers
Carbon
Nitrogen
Carbon and nitrogen
Non-living matter in living things is called nutrients and a couple of these nutrients are what?
Carbon
Nitrogen-taken up by plants via the roots
Decomposers
Roots
Nitrogen
Name an example of a nutrient and what it can do.
Composers
Decomposers
Which organisms allow plants to absorb nutrients from their roots?
Bodies need it to carry out the processes of life
One thing is to build bodies. 
Decomposition
Eating plants
Build less bodies
What are two things matter is used for?
Living
Non-living
Are carbon and nitrogen considered living or non-living?
In factories
When taken up into plants through the roots, and later eaten
Through death
How are nutrients recycled?
Through the roots
The roots take up the nutrients they are passed on to those that eat the plants and then are passed to higher level consumer who eat the lower ones
By eating
How are the nutrients processed?
I can place plant food in the soil where my tomato plants grow. A rabbit comes along and eats the tomato. A hunter kills the rabbit for food and eats it
Living things die and go extinct as a result of interaction with other animals
Nutrients pass to primary consumers
Nutrients pass through consumers
Describe this scenario of recycling nutrients in an example.
Carry out process of life
Building bodies
To carry out life processes,among other things
Decomposition
Can you name something that matter is used for?
Disapear
Take up by plants
The nutrients are taken up by plants through their roots, pass to primary consumers when they eat the plants, and pass to higher level consumers when they eat lower level consumers
What happens to nutrients when the decomposers use them to break down dead organisms?
Build bodies
Carry out life process
Fishing
Hunting
What is one thing non-living matter used for?
Plants
Space
Matter
Animals
Rocks
Name living or nonliving things that uses energy
Bodies
Roots
What can matter be used to build?
Plants
Energy
Animals
Non-living matter
They need non living things, energy and the nutrients the non living material provides
What do living things need?
Carry out process of life
Decomposition
They use it to build bodies and carry out the processes of life
Eating plants
Build bodies
What do living things use non living matter for?
Dead organisms decompose and release nutrients
Nutrients pass to primary consumers
Decomposers release nutrients
What happens so plants can take nutrients in through their roots?
Living things need non-living matter as well as energy. What do you think matter is used for? One thing is to build bodies. They also need it to carry out the processes of life. Any non-living matter that living things need is called a nutrient. Carbon and nitrogen are examples of nutrients. Unlike energy, matter is recycled in ecosystems. You can see how in Figure 3.11. Decomposers release nutrients when they break down dead organisms. The nutrients are taken up by plants through their roots. The nutrients pass to primary consumers when they eat the plants. The nutrients pass to higher level consumers when they eat lower level consumers. When living things die, the cycle repeats. 