SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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group of red-winged blackbirds
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pond
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tadpoles grow into frogs
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snake eating frog
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Detailed explanation-1: -A pond can be considered as an example of a freshwater ecosystem.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pond and lake ecosystems are a prime example of lentic ecosystems. Lentic refers to stationary or relatively still water, from the Latin lentus, which means sluggish.
Detailed explanation-3: -A pond ecosystem contains both biotic and abiotic elements. Ponds are aquatic ecosystems that, like other ecosystems, have two primary components: water, dissolved minerals, oxygen, and CO2. The abiotic component of a pond is made up of water, dissolved minerals, oxygen, and CO2.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pond is an example of a freshwater ecosystem.
Detailed explanation-5: -The food chain of a pond can include algae (producer), small animals, insects, and their larvae, small fish, big fish, and a fish-eating bird. Algae ⇢ insects ⇢ fish ⇢ hawk. Phytoplankton ⇢ zooplankton ⇢ small fish ⇢ large fish ⇢ whale, are some of the examples of the aquatic food chain.