NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -It is also useful to define ecosystem diversity: the number of different ecosystems on the planet or in a given geographic area . Whole ecosystems can disappear even if some of the species might survive by adapting to other ecosystems. An example of a largely-extinct ecosystem in North America is the prairie ecosystem.

Detailed explanation-2: -The biosphere supports between 3 and 30 million species of plants, animals, fungi, single-celled prokaryotes such as bacteria, and single-celled eukaryotes such as protozoans (Figure 1).

Detailed explanation-3: -Ecosystem Diversity can be defined as the variety of different habitats, communities and ecological processes. A biological community is defined by the species that occupy a particular area and the interactions between those species.

Detailed explanation-4: -Why is there ecosystem diversity in the biosphere? Different locations around the world have different abiotic factors that support different types of life.

Detailed explanation-5: -It includes the variation in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Ecological diversity is the variation in the ecosystems found in a region in ecosystems over the whole planet.