Ecosystem & Habitat

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a community of living and non-living things that work together.

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Ecosystem

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deals with all kinds of natural components like forest, grassland, plants, river, rocks etc. there is no involvement of living beings.

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Natural Ecosystem

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All types of forest, deserts, trees, plants, and grasslands etc are said to be terrestrial ecosystem.
It is a broad term which is used for the components which are not based on water.

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TERRESTIAL ECOSYSTEM

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This type of ecosystem located in water area located in water area like sea, lake, pond, pools, ditch, river etc.
It is divided into two parts- Marine ecosystem and freshwater ecosystem. Ecosystem disposes are purifying water, sheltering wildanimalsand rechargingground water.

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AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM

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known as man-made or man-engineered ecosystems. All types of artificial ecosystems are introduce and managed by man.

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Artificial Ecosystem

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combinationof abiotic and biotic components of environment

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Ecosystem

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the living things that shape anecosystem

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Biotic component

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plants, they convert the energy into food.

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Producers

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animals, they depend upon producers (occasionally other consumers) for food.

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Consumers

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fungi andbacteria, they break down chemicals from producers and consumers (usually dead) into simpler form which can be reused.

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Decomposers

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non-livingchemicalandphysicalfactors in theenvironment, which affectecosystems.

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Abiotic component

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Shows how each living thing gets its food.

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Food Chain

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Graphical description of feeding relationships among species in anecological community, that is, of who eats whom.

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Food Web

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Animals that eat ONLY PLANTS

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herbivores

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Animals that eat OTHER ANIMALS

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carnivores

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Animals and people who eat BOTH animals and plants

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omnivores

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feed on decaying matter.

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decomposers

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major cause of the endangerment of certain animals and a break in the food chain or food web.

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Pollution

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aquatic ecosystem

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Coral reefs

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geographicareawith characteristics of both dry land and bodies of water.
ecosystems that provide spawning and nursery gounds for saltwater and freshwater fish,

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Wetland

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treelesslandinwhich the water table is at, above, or just below the surface of the ground

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Marshland

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dominatedby trees or shrubs and occur in a variety of flooding conditions.

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Swamps

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Where plantsare produced more quickly than they can decay, and partially decomposed plant material, called peat, accumulates.

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peatlands

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woodlandcharacterized by lush vegetation and comparatively high temperature and rainfall throughout the year

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Rain Forest

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a large area of arid land where precipitation is low, evaporation is high, or both.

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Desert

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ecosystem in which grasses, sedges, and other forage plants are the dominant vegetation.

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Grassland