AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

ENERGY FLOW AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
All of the living and nonliving things in an area and the interactions among them is ____
A
an organism
B
a food web
C
a food chain
D
an ecosystem
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The interactions between living things and their non living environment makes up a total ecosystem; understanding any one part of it requires knowledge of how that part interacts with the others.

Detailed explanation-2: -An ecosystem is all of the living and non-living parts within an environment and the interactions between those parts. Sometimes these interactions occur between living components (food chain), sometimes between non-living components (erosion), and sometimes between living and nonliving components (photosynthesis).

Detailed explanation-3: -Living components include populations of organisms and the living resources they use. Non-living components include non-living resources, such as space, and the non-living physical characteristics of habitats that differ by location, such as elevation, temperature, and humidity.

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