MCQ
Ecosystem may be defined as $..........?$
- AGroup of plants which act as the energy suppliers
- BGroup of organisms which form population
- ✓Functional unit of environment
- DAll of the above
✓
Answer
Correct option: C.
Functional unit of environment
The ecosystem is a segment of nature or biosphere consisting of a community of living beings and the abiotic or physical environment both interacting and exchanging materials between them. The ecosystem is defined as a functional unit of environment, which is independent and self$-$sustaining due to various interactions between abiotic and biotic components and different organisms among themselves.
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