AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ecosystem: The collection of all living organisms in a geographic area, together with all the living and non-living things with which they interact.

Detailed explanation-2: -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. Living things grow, change, produce waste, reproduce, and die.

Detailed explanation-3: -An ecosystem can be described simply as the collection of all living and non-living components in a particular area. The living components of the environment are known as biotic factors. Biotic factors include plants, animals, and micro-organisms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ecosystem consists of various non-living, abiotic, and living, biotic components. The various physical and chemical factors are the abiotic components of an ecosystem. The physical factors having the greatest effect on the ecosystem are: light, temperature, precipitation, air, soil, fire and water.

Detailed explanation-5: -The living parts of an ecosystem include animals (consumers), plants (producers), and fungi and micro-organisms (decomposers). The nonliving, or abiotic components of an ecosystem include the sun’s energy, water, air (atmospheric gases), and rock, which makes up the landforms.