AP BIOLOGY

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: -An ecosystem consists of a community of organisms together with their physical environment. Ecosystems can be of different sizes and can be marine, aquatic, or terrestrial. Broad categories of terrestrial ecosystems are called biomes.

Detailed explanation-3: -An ecosystem is a community of organisms and their physical environment. An ecosystem can be studied at any of the levels of organization. Ecologists study ecosystems at every level, from the individual organism to the whole ecosystem and biosphere.

Detailed explanation-4: -An ecosystem is a community of living organisms that interact with each other and the non-living parts.

Detailed explanation-5: -An abiotic factor is a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment. In a terrestrial ecosystem, examples might include temperature, light, and water. In a marine ecosystem, abiotic factors would include salinity and ocean currents.