Which of the following is NOT true for the biogeochemical cycle according to the following cycle.

Options

A. Nutrients remain in an animal until the animal’s death
B. If the plant dies the nutrients and the plant biomass become litter
C. Nutrients pass to animal members of the ecosystem once plants are eaten
D. Nutrients are taken up from the soil by plants and incorporated into plant tissue

Answer

A

Explanation

On the dead organism decomposers act on its organic waste and released its nutrients back to abiotic environment. In the same way nutrients repeatedly move through living and non living components of the ecosystem.