NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

EMBRYOLOGY

NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following most accurately represents how biotic factors are organized within an ecosystem from the smallest unit to the largest?[
A
Populations, ecosystems, biomes, organisms, communities, and biosphere
B
Biosphere, ecosystems, populations, organisms, biomes, and communities
C
Organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, biomes, and biosphere
D
Communities, organisms, populations, biomes, ecosystems, and biosphere
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -They are organized from smallest to largest; organism, population, community, ecosystem.

Detailed explanation-2: -A community is composed of all of the biotic factors of an area. An ecosystem includes the living organisms (all the populations) in an area and the non-living aspects of the environment (Figure below).

Detailed explanation-3: -Biotic factors refer to the living or once-living organisms in an ecosystem and their impacts such as predation, competition, food supply, human impacts and parasites. Environmental factors such as rainfall, climate, predators, shelter and food availability can change.

Detailed explanation-4: -In general, biotic factors are the living components of an ecosystem and are sorted into three groups: producers or autotrophs, consumers or heterotrophs, and decomposers or detritivores.

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