Tag: issues of the environment

An ecosystem is a natural system consisting of all plants, animals and microorganisms (biotic factors) in an area functioning together with all the non-living physical (abiotic) factors of the environment. These biotic and abiotic components are regarded as linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Ecosystems are defined by the network of interactions among organisms, and between organisms and their environment.

Two main components exist in an ecosystem: abiotic and biotic. The abiotic components of any ecosystem are the properties of the environment; the biotic components are the life forms, that occupy a given ecosystem. 

An ecosystem includes all the living organisms and all the nonliving components of their environment. It comprises of all living things namely plants, animals and organisms interacting with each other and also with their non-living environments, that is earth, air, water, sun, soil, climate, atmosphere, etc. 

Environment is composed of biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) components. All components of environment are closely related and they interact with each other.  Environment is composed of both environmental resources and regulatory factor. 

When we destroy a forest, we destroy an ecosystem. It is because ecosystem constitutes of both abiotic and biotic components. The biotic components constitute all the living organisms present in the ecosystem, i.e. plants and animals. Whereas, abiotic components constitute the environmental factors like air, soil, water etc. When a forest is destroyed, it results in the loss of food and habitat of wild animals, due to which the population of wildlife is threatened. The loss of forest also results in deforestation, which affects the environment by raising the temperature and causing a flood. So, the correct option is A.

In ecology, a food web describes the feeding connections between organisms in a biotic community. Both energy and nutrients flow through a food web, moving through organisms as they are consumed by an organism above them in the food web. A single path of energy through a food web is called a food chain. A food web consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem. Each living thing in an ecosystem is part of multiple food chains. Each food chain is one possible path that energy and nutrients may take as they move through the ecosystem. All of the interconnected and overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up a food web.

The biotic components of an ecosystem are the lifeforms that inhabit it. The life forms of an ecosystem aid in the transfer and cycle of energy. Examples of biotic components are producers and consumers. There are three main types of consumers: herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.