AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

CHEMICAL CYCLES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following would be a good description of a ecosystem?
A
A colony of ants
B
The grass and ducks and fish at a pond
C
The grass and ducks and fish and rocks and water in a pond
D
An ant
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life. Ecosystems contain biotic or living, parts, as well as abiotic factors, or nonliving parts.

Detailed explanation-2: -A pond ecosystem is a community of organisms that live in a pond. It is a freshwater ecosystem in which the various organisms rely on one another. The biotic factors of the pond ecosystem are classified into three categories. They are known as producers, consumers, and decomposers.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are aquatic ecosystems such as wetlands, lakes, coral reefs, hydrothermal vents, and others. There are also terrestrial ecosystems such as deserts, savannas, tundras, mountains and the forested ecosystems such as tropical evergreen, tropical deciduous, boreal, and others.

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