AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ecosystems contain biotic or living, parts, as well as abiotic factors, or nonliving parts. Biotic factors include plants, animals, and other organisms. Abiotic factors include rocks, temperature, and humidity. Every factor in an ecosystem depends on every other factor, either directly or indirectly.

Detailed explanation-2: -The living parts of an ecosystem are called biotic factors while the environmental factors that they interact with are called abiotic factors.

Detailed explanation-3: -An ecosystem is a community made up of living and nonliving things interacting with each other. Nonliving things do not grow, need food, or reproduce. Some examples of important nonliving things in an ecosystem are sunlight, water, air, wind, and rocks.

Detailed explanation-4: -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. Abiotic and biotic factors work together to create a unique ecosystem.

Detailed explanation-5: -An ecosystem is all living things and non-living things and how they interact with each other. Ecology is the study of how all these things interact with each other to survive. An ecosystem may be very small like a backyard or a pond. Or it can be large like a prairie, a desert, or a rain forest.