Multiple choice

Which of the following is the correct order of components of any ecosystem?

  1. Consumers, producers, decomposers, abiotic environment

  2. Producers, abiotic environment, consumers, decomposers

  3. Producers, abiotic environment, decomposers, consumers

  4. Abiotic environment, producers, consumers, decomposers

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D Correct answer
Explanation

The logical order begins with the abiotic environment (non-living foundation), followed by producers that create energy from it, then consumers that eat producers, and finally decomposers that break down all organisms to recycle nutrients back to the abiotic environment.