2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement the movement of energy in an ecosystem can exist without the moment of matter. Be sure to use the following terms in your
decomposers/decomposition, producers, consumers, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, trophic
levels/trophic structure, energy,
1

Matter is all around you. It is everything in the universe – anything that has both mass and volume and takes up space is matter. Matter exists in different physical forms – solids, liquids and gases.

All matter is made of tiny particles called atoms, molecules and ions. These tiny particles are always in motion – either bumping into each other or vibrating back and forth. It is the motion of particles that creates a form of energy called heat (or thermal) energy that is present in all matter.

The particles in solids are tightly packed and can only vibrate. The particles in liquids also vibrate but are able to move around by rolling over each other and sliding around. In gases, the particles move freely with rapid, random motion.