Ecosystem
Ecosystem
I. Introduction
1. Meaning of Ecosystem
2. Importance of Ecosystem
II. Components of an Ecosystem
1. Biotic Components
1.1 Producers
1.2 Composers
1.2.1 Primary Consumer
1.2.2 Secondary Consumer
1.2.3 Tertiary Consumer
1.3 Decomposers
2. Abiotic Components
2.1 Sunlight
2.2 Water
2.3 Temperature
2.4 Wind
2.5 Atmospheric Gases
2.6 Soil
2.7 Periodic Disturbance
III. Conclusion
ECOSYSTEM
I. Introduction
1. Meaning of Ecosystem
Everything in the natural world is connected. An ecosystem is a community of living and non-living things that work together. Ecosystems have no particular size. An ecosystem can be as large as a desert or a lake or as small as a tree or a puddle. If you have a terrarium, that is an artificial ecosystem. The water, water temperature, plants, animals, air, light and soil all work together. If there isn't enough light or water or if the soil doesn't have the right nutrients, the plants will die. If the plants die, animals that depend on them will die. If the animals that depend on the plants die, any animal that depends on those animals will die. Ecosystems in nature work the same way. All the parts work together to make a balanced system.
An ecosystem consists of the biological community that occurs in some locale, and the physical and chemical factors that make up its non-living or abiotic environment. There are many examples of ecosystems: a pond, a forest, an estuary, grassland. The boundaries are not fixed in any objective way, although sometimes they seem obvious, as with the shoreline of a small pond. Usually the boundaries of an ecosystem are chosen for practical reasons having to do with the goals of the particular study. The study of ecosystems mainly consists of the study of certain processes that link the living, or biotic, components to the non-living, or abiotic, components. Energy transformations and biogeochemical cycling are the main processes that comprise the field of
I. Introduction
1. Meaning of Ecosystem
2. Importance of Ecosystem
II. Components of an Ecosystem
1. Biotic Components
1.1 Producers
1.2 Composers
1.2.1 Primary Consumer
1.2.2 Secondary Consumer
1.2.3 Tertiary Consumer
1.3 Decomposers
2. Abiotic Components
2.1 Sunlight
2.2 Water
2.3 Temperature
2.4 Wind
2.5 Atmospheric Gases
2.6 Soil
2.7 Periodic Disturbance
III. Conclusion
ECOSYSTEM
I. Introduction
1. Meaning of Ecosystem
Everything in the natural world is connected. An ecosystem is a community of living and non-living things that work together. Ecosystems have no particular size. An ecosystem can be as large as a desert or a lake or as small as a tree or a puddle. If you have a terrarium, that is an artificial ecosystem. The water, water temperature, plants, animals, air, light and soil all work together. If there isn't enough light or water or if the soil doesn't have the right nutrients, the plants will die. If the plants die, animals that depend on them will die. If the animals that depend on the plants die, any animal that depends on those animals will die. Ecosystems in nature work the same way. All the parts work together to make a balanced system.
An ecosystem consists of the biological community that occurs in some locale, and the physical and chemical factors that make up its non-living or abiotic environment. There are many examples of ecosystems: a pond, a forest, an estuary, grassland. The boundaries are not fixed in any objective way, although sometimes they seem obvious, as with the shoreline of a small pond. Usually the boundaries of an ecosystem are chosen for practical reasons having to do with the goals of the particular study. The study of ecosystems mainly consists of the study of certain processes that link the living, or biotic, components to the non-living, or abiotic, components. Energy transformations and biogeochemical cycling are the main processes that comprise the field of