Which is one way that the movement of matter through an ecosystem is different from the transfer of energ?

It is different because the energy moving through the ecosystem is from organisms, and the energy moving through an ecosystem is from sunlight and other resources.

many other transport proteins, often called pumps, move materials against a concentration gradient. active transport drives molecules across a membrane from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration. this process, shown in figure 5.1, uses transport proteins powered by chemi- cal energy.