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Consider the following facts:
- Nutrient cycle traces the movement of only organic matter in the living world.
- Detritus is the term used to describe non-living organic material.
Which of the above given facts is/are true?
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A nutrient cycle (or ecological recycling) is the movement and exchange of organic and inorganic matter back into the production of living matter. The process is regulated by food web pathways that decompose matter into mineral nutrients.
In biology, detritus is non-living particulate organic material (as opposed to dissolved organic material). It typically includes the bodies or fragments of dead organisms, as well as faecal material.