Question
Describe the components of an ecosystem.
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Answer
The components of an ecosystem can be divided into two categories: biotic and abiotic.
- Biotic components:
- Producers- Green plants which can synthesize their own food.
- Consumers- They do not synthesize their food. They may be,
- Primary consumer/ herbivores - consuming plants as food.
- Secondary and tertiary consumers or carnivores- They feed on either herbivores or carnivores.
- Decomposers- These organisms breakdown the dead bodies or waste products of plants and animals into simpler inorganic compounds.
- Abiotic components:
- Climatic components.
- Light
- Temperature
- Wind
- Atmospheric gases
- Rain
- Atmospheric humidity
- Soil factors
- Organic materials
- Minerals
- Soil, water
- Soil air
- Topographic factors
- Altitude
- Direction and steepness slope
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