Which of the following best describes how matter moves throughout this ecosystem?
1) Producers and consumers increase the total amount of matter within the ecosystem, but the decomposers remove matter from the ecosystem
2) The form and location of matter changes as it cycles throughout an ecosystem, but the total amount of matter remains constant
3) Matter can change form within an organism, but it cannot pass from one organism to the next within an ecosystem
4) As matter transfers from one organism to the next, the total amount of matter within the ecosystem increases