Matter Cycles Vocabulary

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What gas do plants absorb?

A very small life form, especially a bacterium

Actions by one thing that have an effect on a different or separate thing

An organism that consumes dead of nonliving biomass without need for internal digestion

Liquid water is moved from living things to the environment when animals

This _____________ matter, which is not usable by people, is necessary for plants.

Mixture of sand, silt, clay, rock, and humus (plant and animal remains)

When an organism dies, it's energy is returned to soil by _______________, which are organisms that consume dead or nonliving biomass.