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An ecosystem includes both a biotic community of living organisms and an abiotic physical environment.
An ecosystem is a system consisting of living organisms and the nonliving physical environment with which they interact. Its biotic components include plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and other organisms, while its abiotic components include climate, water, air, soil, minerals, temperature, light, and topography. These components are connected through energy flows and nutrient cycles within the physical space they occupy. Plants and other photosynthetic organisms act as primary producers by converting light energy into organic matter. Animals transfer energy and matter by feeding on plants and other organisms, while decomposers break down dead material, return carbon to the environment, and recycle nutrients for use by plants and microbes. Ecosystems are dynamic and are influenced by external factors such as climate and parent material, as well as internal factors such as species interactions, decomposition, competition, shading, disturbance, and succession.
An ecosystem includes both a biotic community of living organisms and an abiotic physical environment.
Biotic and abiotic components interact through energy flow and nutrient cycling.
Primary producers capture energy through photosynthesis, consumers transfer energy through feeding, and decomposers recycle nutrients from dead organic matter.
External factors, such as climate, influence ecosystem structure, while internal processes, such as competition and decomposition, regulate how resources are used within the ecosystem.
The four essential elements of an ecosystem are biotic components, abiotic conditions, interactions between them, and the physical space they occupy.
A system made up of organisms and the nonliving environment with which they interact.
The living parts of an ecosystem, including plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, and other organisms.
The nonliving physical and chemical parts of an ecosystem, such as water, soil, air, light, temperature, and minerals.
Organisms, mainly plants and algae, that create organic matter from inorganic materials through photosynthesis.
Organisms that obtain energy and nutrients by feeding on plants, animals, or other organisms.
Organisms such as fungi and bacteria that break down dead organic matter and recycle its nutrients.
The movement of energy through an ecosystem from producers to consumers and decomposers, with energy eventually released as heat.
The movement and reuse of chemical nutrients between organisms and the physical environment.
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