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"Ecosystems Recycle Their Energy the Way They Recycle Matter"

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Treating an ecosystem's energy like its cycling matter repeats the misconception Bio 0613 corrected — energy flows one way and dissipates as heat each transfer, per Bio 3649.

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A hawk atop a food chain depends on continuous solar energy at the producer level, not waste-recovered energy.

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This states the popular framing — Bio 3655 gives the cycling this misconception extends to energy.